On 12th March there will be the first #SchoolArchivesDay! Supported by the School Archives and Records Association, we are calling on school archives and organisations that hold school records to celebrate this day with us! Why not post some of your fab images of your records!

Help uncover history! 🏛️✍️ Join our volunteer transcription project to make 17th-19th century NYC records searchable. These documents reveal the lives of children born to enslaved women & manumission records. Get involved today! 🔗 https://t.co/kFnIik3mdi #NYCHistory

📣 Explore Your Archive Focus Week begins TOMORROW! 📣 Here’s a reminder of the themes this year, we can’t wait to see your posts for the daily themes 👀 We have some exciting things to share with you this week too, so keep an eye out across our socials! #ExploreYourArchive

Closure Week update: today we've been Emergency Salvage Training in which we created a 'wind tunnel' to dry water-soaked items, out of tables, plastic sheeting and a big fan. @ArchiveHashtag @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries

Yesterday we celebrated the outstanding contributions made by our volunteers in 2025. A special presentation was made to Julia, who has volunteered at Kent Archives for an impressive 20 years. Our thanks to Julia, João, Gill, Pabitra, Julie and Anne for all their hard work! ✨

Now booking: Canterbury Medieval Weekend Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd May 2026 Join leading historians and writers as they uncover the ideas, people and events that shaped the Middle Ages. 📍 University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU ℹ️ For details and tickets: https://t.co/ymXgJqPh63

Newly acquired & available to read in our Search Room: 'Tilt Boats and Hatch Boats of Gravesend and the London River, 1555–1865' by David Patient, 2024 🔎 To view, request ref. BK/C335180096 📚 For blurb, click ALT ☟ #MaritimeHistory #RiverThames #Gravesend #Kent

Dyma fapiau sy’n dangos safle byddinoedd a ffosydd yn y cyfnod cyn brwydr Cribyn Thiepval, a gynhaliwyd rhwng 26 a 29 Medi 1916. Mae un wedi’i ddyddio 15 Awst 1916, ac un arall yn cynnig cywiriadau o 17 Medi. 📸HDX/723/2 #Remembrance #MapMonday

Here are maps showing the position of armies and trenches in the lead up to the Battle of Thiepval Ridge, which took place 26th to 29th September 1916. One is dated 15th August 1916, whilst another offered corrections as of 17th September. 📸HDX/723/2 #Remembrance #MapMonday

Record taken on the front line, France, near Lille – 9th October 1918 In honour of all those who lost their lives in the First World War. https://t.co/T6vjgc3Bvy #Armistice2025 @ArchiveHashtag @PoppyLegion

Kent Archives will be closed from Monday 1st - Sunday 14th December whilst we conduct essential collections work. During this time, our Search Room will be closed to the public and we will not be accepting enquiries. Normal service will resume on Monday 15th December.

In our archive we are fortunate to look after the medal collection of former pupil Lt Albert Richmond Hunter, who died of pneumonia on 11 Feb 1919 during active service in #WW1 He served in 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bttn Northumberland Fusiliers #ArmisticeDay #WeWillRememberThem

From a 'flight of fiery whirlwinds' to a 'perfect umbrella of fire', this programme from November 1883 suggests that C. T. Brock and Co's fireworks display in #Ramsgate was a feast for the eyes – and a health and safety nightmare, no doubt! Happy #BonfireNight 🔥 ☟ See U4364/Z3

Announcing our final lunchtime talk of 2025! Monday 10th November, 1-2pm 📍 Kent History & Library Centre, #Maidstone 'Recreation, health and competition: Sport in Victorian Kent' presented by Dr Catherine Budd Book your free seat today: 📧 archives@kent.gov.uk ☎️ 03000 420 673

Fright-seeking residents of Kent need not travel far this #Halloween. Allegedly home to over twelve spectres, the village of #Pluckley near #Ashford is said to be the most haunted in England. Visit at your own peril… To learn more, click ALT ☟ 🎃 See KHLC-IMG/PO/1/PLU/4

Descendants of the Barraud Family recently gathered at the @huguenotmuseum to celebrate the newly acquired super-sized copy painting of 'His Master’s Voice'. The original painting is part of the @EMIArchiveTrust collection. @explorearchives @hmvtweets #Nipper @ArchiveHashtag

Dyma fap o Lanwnda. Yn ystod bywyd Richard Fenton, dywedir bod gwraig ysbrydol yn aflonyddu ar Lady’s Gate, lle roedd trysor wedi'i guddio. Ond erbyn dyddiad y map hwn (1907), roedd pob atgof am ysbryd a thrysor wedi pylu. #EYAMonsters #MapMonday

Here is a map of Llanwnda. During Richard Fenton’s life, a ghostly lady was said to haunt Lady’s Gate, near which a treasure lay hidden. But by the date of this map (1907), all recollection of ghost and treasure had faded away. #EYAMonsters #MapMonday

Here are some mythical monsters, or things with ‘the confused shapes of creatures’ from A Display of Heraldry (1610). 🦄🦄🦄 Dyma rai angenfilod chwedlonol, neu bethau â ‘siapiau dryslyd creaduriaid’, allan o A Display of Heraldry (1610). #EYAMonsters

Yesterday's retention policy: bin the lot! Our team took to the wet and windy streets of #Maidstone to conduct a much-needed appraisal of the 'pavement ephemera' littering the local area. Needless to say, there were plenty of duplicates – and nothing worthy of preservation… 🗑️

Today in 1960 - Kennedy ticker tape parade, Whitehall and Broadway to City Hall #ThisDayInHistory ( https://t.co/U55MGC6mvE)