Collection Day at PRONI

Name: Collection Day at PRONI
Start: 2026-02-07T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-07T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

Schedule

Sat Feb 07 2026 at 10:00 am to 02:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland | Belfast, NI

Collection Day at PRONI gives the public an opportunity to speak to PRONI staff about their own historical records
About this Event

Join us at PRONI for our first ever Collection Day!

Have you ever thought about depositing historical records you hold at home with PRONI? Or considered having them digitised by PRONI and allowing us to preserve copies and make them available to the public? Ever wanted some advice on storing your records at home? We want to hear from you!

Collection Day at PRONI gives the public an opportunity to speak with PRONI staff members about historical records they hold at home. Collection Day gives PRONI staff the opportunity to explain what options people have if they want to deposit records with us.

We would like see examples of the following types of records:

Photographs
Diaries
Letters
Artwork (sketchbooks, scrapbooks, collages etc.)
Promotional material created by specific groups

We cannot accept the following:

Newspapers
Books
Family histories
Photocopies
Records that are in very poor condition

If you're not sure if we would interested in the records that you hold,please get in touch with us (Email: [email protected]) with the subject line 'Collection Day' and we can offer you a bit of advice.

Have your collections become part of Northern Ireland's archival record and community memory!