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💫 New themes! 💫 We’re very excited to announce the new monthly themes for 2026 - we can’t wait to see what you explore in your archives this year! #ExploreYourArchives
Graphic announcing the themes for EYA 2026 in both English and Irish. White text on a green background. The themes are: January is #EYADustbusters. February is #EYAConnections / Naisc. March is #EYAWildlife / Fiadhúlra. April is #EYACrime / Coir. May is #EEYAHandwriting / Lámhscríbhneoireacht. June is #EYAColourful / lldaite. July is #EYAArchitecture / Ailtireacht. August is #EYASurprise / lontas. September is #EYAErased / Scriosta. October is #EYAFolklore / Béaloideas. November is #EYAMemories / Cuimhní. December is #EYAFestiveTraditions / Traidisiúin Fhéile.

ALT Graphic announcing the themes for EYA 2026 in both English and Irish. White text on a green background. The themes are: January is #EYADustbusters. February is #EYAConnections / Naisc. March is #EYAWildlife / Fiadhúlra. April is #EYACrime / Coir. May is #EEYAHandwriting / Lámhscríbhneoireacht. June is #EYAColourful / lldaite. July is #EYAArchitecture / Ailtireacht. August is #EYASurprise / lontas. September is #EYAErased / Scriosta. October is #EYAFolklore / Béaloideas. November is #EYAMemories / Cuimhní. December is #EYAFestiveTraditions / Traidisiúin Fhéile.

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What a wonderful campaign @explorearchives @ARAIreland Thank you so much for all your hard work, a pleasure to take part. A favourite, Whitchurch Hosp has military & mental health history - used during the First & Second World Wars. Full post 📷 #EYAYourArchive #EYAFocusWeek
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National Army Museum@NAM_London
7 Dec 2025
#ExploreYourArchive Day 9: Your Archives 📖 If you have enjoyed exploring our archives this week and would like to access the archive yourself you can plan a visit the Templer Study Centre here bit.ly/4pLADBb #EYAYourArchives
Front desk of the archives at the National Army Museum.

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DCLA Reading Room@DCLAReadingRoom
7 Dec 2025
For #EYAYourArchives we explored our shelves to uncover items we hadn’t seen before. Each day brings new discoveries, from unfamiliar documents to overlooked details. Today we found an architectural submission for the 1870s design competition for Dublin South City Markets.
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The Royal Berkshire Archives have been caring for the county's records since 1948. We moved to our current purpose built archive in 2000 and were granted a royal title in 2023. We are open to visitors during the day Tues-Fri and are open late one Thurs a month. #EYAYourArchives
Royal Berkshire Archives building.

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RTÉ Archives@RTEArchives
7 Dec 2025
Pictured here is Séamus Hughes, the first full-time radio announcer on 2RN circa 1926 #EYAYourArchives #ExploreYourArchives @explorearchives @ARAIreland Explore thousands of stories from the RTÉ Archives rte.ie/archives/
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Brasenose Alumni@BNC_Members
7 Dec 2025
The Treasury houses the College chest, which contained money and important documents (the beginnings of the Archives). Over time they outgrew the chest and eventually moved to the Muniment Room below - now the Library and Archives office! #EYAYourArchives #ExploreYourArchive
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@ExploreYourArchive Day 9 #EYAYourArchives We have been excited to launch our Volunteer Programme, welcoming in volunteers to participate in transcription and digitisation projects. See our website for more information about getting involved. @FalklandsinUK @FalklandsGov
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We hold archives, manuscripts & rare books relating to the British experience in Africa, Asia & the Middle East, including missionary, trade & NGO records, plus personal papers of individuals connected to these regions. We are open to everyone - come and visit! #EYAYourArchives
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Jersey Heritage@JerseyHeritage
7 Dec 2025
We celebrated the 25th birthday of #JerseyArchive in Clarence Road this year. It's home to a host of fascinating records and our team are ready and waiting to help you to start your #Research journey! #EYAYourArchives #JerseyCI #OurIslandStory
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Deborah Cameron@DebsaDelight
7 Dec 2025
My favourite in our archive (amongst many!) has to be my husband’s nan’s postcard collection. From 1910-1919 it even has a silk card from the Lusitania as well as dozens from the trenches and British holidays. Wonderful #EYAYourArchives historicalclues.blogspot.com…
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It’s the final day of #ExploreYourArchive focus week! Our final theme is #EYAYourArchives - use the hashtag to showcase anything you want to celebrate in your archives! 📢 Thank you so much for getting involved this year, it’s been great to see all your fantastic posts 👍🎉
White text on an orange background: #EYAYourArchive. Other text: 2025 EYA 7th December. ArchI’ve Explored

ALT White text on an orange background: #EYAYourArchive. Other text: 2025 EYA 7th December. ArchI’ve Explored

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ARA Ireland@ARAIreland
7 Dec 2025
Today is the last day of the Explore Your Archive focus week and we want to see #EYAYourArchives | #EYADoChartlann! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland & @explorearchives in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
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🎊 Today's focus week theme is #EYAAnniversaries. Let us know what big milestones your archive or your items have achieved! 🎊 #ExploreYourArchive
White text #EYAAnniversaries with an image of the text happy anniversary on a pink background

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To celebrate today's theme of #EYAInclusion, we have a new blog! In this blog, The King's Fund's Library team highlight their recent work around accessibility 📣 exploreyourarchive.org/an-or… #ExploreYourArchive
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Our Tyneside Campaign for Homosexual Equality Archive records the work of the group who campainged for the rights of members of their community through the latter half of the 20thC. Browse the catalogue here: specialcollections.ncl.ac.uk… #ExploreYourArchive #EYAInclussion
First page of the July 1987 Issue of the CHE Tyneside Newsletter. Includes a large photograph of a banner reading Lesbian and Gay Pride '87.

ALT First page of the July 1987 Issue of the CHE Tyneside Newsletter. Includes a large photograph of a banner reading Lesbian and Gay Pride '87.

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NatRecordsScot
@NatRecordsScot
5 Dec 2025
We created large print and easy-to-read versions of our railways and tourism exhibition "Scots On the Move". You can download the easy to read version here 👉bit.ly/OnTheMoveEasyRead And the large print version is also available online 👉bit.ly/OnTheMoveLargePrint #EYAInclusion
An example from our easy-read version of our exhibition. Text, next to a black and white cartoon of a steam train: "Trains are still an important part of Scotland's transport system. Lines built in the second half of the 1800s are still the foundation of our railway network".

ALT An example from our easy-read version of our exhibition. Text, next to a black and white cartoon of a steam train: "Trains are still an important part of Scotland's transport system. Lines built in the second half of the 1800s are still the foundation of our railway network".

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ShakesInstituteLib@ShakesInstLib
5 Dec 2025
‘Pericles re-imagined for everyone aged 6 and over’ (2011) one of a series of Shakespeare’s plays adapted for children at the Regent’s Park @OpenAirTheatre. The only programme in our archive designed to be made into a pirate hat! #EYAInclusion @ShakesInstitute @explorearchives
'Pericles' programme

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'Pericles' paper hat

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Origami fish

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Jersey Heritage@JerseyHeritage
5 Dec 2025
Our #Archive team's major outreach project for 2025 has been ‘What’s Your School’s Story?’ talks. To make them more #Accessible to those with hearing loss, we improved our sound system, added subtitles to our screen and provided scripts so people could follow along. #EYAInclusion
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Today's theme for #ExploreYourArchive is: Inclusion 🧁 Some lovely #YesEquality cupcakes from the Yes Equality Campaign Archive, now available on catalogue.nli.ie #EYAInclusion #EYACuimsiú #NLIOnline #Archives #EYA #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann @ARAIreland
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