One hundred and twenty years ago, the centre of Cardiff was transformed for the Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition which ran from May to October 1896. It was a... read more →
During the 2016 International Council on Archives (ICA) Congress in Seoul, Korea, the ICA Section of Professional Associations (SPA) hosted a Film Festival on Archives and Records Management. Nine films... read more →
Roald Dahl was born 100 years ago, on 13 September 1916 and spent his early years in Llandaff and Radyr. His father, Harald Dahl, moved from Norway to Cardiff to... read more →
Ref. LS50166772 Grade 6 (£23,166-£27,394) Glamorgan's Blood: Dark Arteries, Old Veins - Cataloguing and Conserving the Records of the National Coal Board Glamorgan's Blood: Dark Arteries, Old Veins... read more →
The Olympics are underway in the carnival city of Rio. Rio de Janeiro's carnival is the world's largest, with some two million people taking part each day, designing and creating... read more →
Glamorgan Archives has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Resources Grant of £203,456 to catalogue and conserve the records of the National Coal Board (NCB) for the Glamorgan area. This... read more →
This summer, after more than half a century since they last participated in a major tournament, the Welsh football team are aiming for victory in Euro 2016! With France hosting... read more →
In the early months of 1916 the Great War was well into its second year and the news from the front was far from encouraging. With stalemate in France attention... read more →
At first glance this order of service for St David’s Day in 1943 (reference D1197/1) looks fairly conventional, with a number of Welsh hymns being sung, prayers in Welsh and... read more →
On 4 October 1857 Edmund Matthews and Stephen Anderson, aged 11 and 12, appeared at Cardiff Borough Petty Sessions court on a charge of stealing two sacks worth 4s. On... read more →