The Penrose's Annual (1896-1976) offers a unique look into the record of print media and its various uses. Each volume is beautifully illustrated with striking drawings, maps & photographs that embody the process of the graphic arts across the years 🎨🖌️
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All welcome at Heritage Quay for a free creative workshop on Wednesday 15 March, 12:30-2pm, themed around our current exhibition, 'Patterns of Play'!!

Come for as long or short as you like!

For more details and to book, see t.ly/EsrrR

So excited to be hosting this Hudd Lit Fest event tomorrow!

Things heritage professionals love #1: databases 😍

Explore the results of our work in our online catalogue: heritagequay.org/archives/

The Huddersfield Literary and Scientific Society Conversazione featured displays of art and scientific demonstrations.

In 1862 attendees saw spectroscopy in action, tried out microscopes, examined photographs, fossils and more!

Check out the archive here t.ly/ukTMP

Great to host this conference last week - thanks Rob Ellis!!

Thanks to everyone who made Museums and Beyond a success. A great keynote from Verusca Calabria was followed by fantastic presentations and hands on activities Heritage Quay and Mental Health Museum. Good to see old friends and meet new ones and great to co-organise with Jane Stockdale #mab

The Junior Bookshelf was first published in 1936 with the aim of encouraging ‘the publication & circulation of good books for children’.
They contain articles about authors, illustrators & story themes, book reviews, ads for new releases & much more 👉 hud.ac/xurq

Our Heritage Quay student placement has been hard at work cataloguing the beautiful textile samples in the Gleneden Post-War Design Archive. The collection is featured in our current exhibition 'Patterns of Play.' Find out more on our website! heritagequay.org/archives/GLN/

Eid Mubarak from the team at Heritage Quay!

#EidMubarak #EidMubarak 2024

I will indeed. Come along if you want to hear about how we created our virtual reading room, what we offer during these sessions and the potential benefits it has for the environment e.g. reducing carbon emissions from travelling to in person appointments.

Be inspired by vintage textile designs and contemporary reinterpretations in our current exhibition 'Patterns of Play: The Gleneden Post-War Design Archive'

The exhibition is free and open Monday to Saturday - all welcome!

Interested in the history of advertising? You'll love our volumes of Modern Publicity (HUD/LB/2/9/2/9), a useful library of advertising & design which includes posters, press ads, booklets, brochures, greetings cards, packaging, trademarks & much more!
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Just loving the covers of these food and recipe pamphlets - examples of cover design from before food photography was its own whole thing.

For more of our Domestic Economy collection, check out our catalogue: heritagequay.org/archives/btm/

Heritage Quay holds over 170 collections from themes including sport, politics, music and theatre. Here are just a few publications from our reference collection that feature the rich history that can be explored in our collections. heritagequay.org/discover/