Experience day at the Essex Record Office

Aged 16 to 20? Interested in a career in archives and heritage? Come along to our experience day on Friday 15th August to find out more about working in an archive.

Established in 1938, the Essex Record Office cares for documents, maps, images and sound and video recordings that together tell the stories of over 1,000 years of Essex history.

Our holdings, which include parish registers, diaries, letters, court records, wartime records, manorial records and school records, take up over 8 miles of shelving, making us one of the largest county archives in England. We are also home to the Essex Sound and Video Archive.

The experience day will be an opportunity to find out more about the different roles in an archive, from conserving historical documents to cataloguing them and making them accessible to the public. It will also be an opportunity to ask questions about volunteering and routes into the sector.

What will the day involve?

• A behind-the-scenes tour of the archive, including our Searchroom, the repositories, and our digitisation and conservation studios
• An introduction to some of the treasures from our collections
• Hands-on research and conservation tasks, working with original documents and our online catalogue

For information about how to find us and accessibility, visit our website: https://www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk/visit-us/

Please get in touch if you have any questions about the day before joining us! Email [email protected] or call 03330 132500.