Fab volunteer opportunity working with Women In Rugby League 🏉💪 and Heritage Quay!

Help document grassroots women's rugby league, to ensure its place in the history books.

Details here: heritagequay.org/about/voluntee…

Really looking forward to chairing Sam Oldfield’s paper next week -

“The rise of netball & international governance 1926-1963”.

6pm on Monday 13 May, over Zoom.

All welcome - please register here: history.ac.uk/events/dont-wo…

England Netball Netball History Network Heritage Quay

Make an appointment to explore some of our beautiful textile collections at Heritage Quay! From 19th Century Indian fabrics to samples showing the trends of high-end Parisian fashion, we've got you covered: heritagequay.org/artanddesign/
#NationalTextilesDay 👚
#Archives

Look at these incredible illustrations on Ogden’s cigarette cards featuring famous players from Football and Rugby League Clubs. Explore more of the Rugby Football League Archive (RFL) on our online catalogue heritagequay.org/archives/rfl/. 🏉

The Huddersfield Foreign Library Society Archive records the names & literary interests of immigrants to Huddersfield, mostly from Europe, in the mid 19th century. These catalogues show some of the French, German, Spanish & Italian books in the library
heritagequay.org/archives/hfl 📚

Still time to book onto this creative workshop - but tickets are going fast! Don't miss out!

Happy #EarthDay ! 🦋We have been admiring these beautiful illustrations from ‘The Butterflies and Moths of Halifax and District’ from our Yorkshire Collection (YOR/268). The book shares some interesting facts about local species. Find out more heritagequay.org/archives/yor/2…

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 🎨🖌️
hud.ac/rx9

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