🛬Tell us your Arrivals story 🛬

Have you or your ancestors migrated to Suffolk from overseas? If so we would love to hear your story. There are several ways you can contribute - find out more here: bit.ly/49AHV2D

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

We are now into the final week of our 'Arrivals: Celebrating Migration to Suffolk' exhibition. Made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund the exhibition has been co-curated by Suffolk Archives with local community groups. Book free tickets: bit.ly/3U1ZALZ

Today is International Roma Day, which celebrates the rich culture, history, and contributions of Romani people. Visit our 'Arrivals: Celebrating Migration to Suffolk' exhibition to learn more about the Roma community in Suffolk.

#Suffolk Archives #InternationalRomaDay #Suffolk

🚨 Our Bury St Edmunds branch will have a reduced service on Sat 13 April. We will be operating a pre-booked appointment system only for viewing archives, with no access to the microform room. We apologise for any inconvenience & thank you for your understanding.🚨

Easter opening hours at Suffolk Archives are as follows. We wish you a lovely Easter weekend.

Spring has sprung in the search room at The Hold. We found these lovely sheep and lambs decorating a map that was being viewed - an Exact Mapp of the lands and Premises commonly called Aldeburgh Hall Farm, dating from 1733. (HA18/E/G/1).

Suffolk County Council & Suffolk Growth have launched a new initiative, working in collaboration with Good Journey, to encourage visitors to explore more of the county’s cultural and leisure destinations on foot, by bike or using public transport.

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Fantastic event at The Hold in Suffolk. A symposium on Migration to Suffolk. Well done to all presenters. A really powerful and insightful day University of Suffolk Suffolk Archives

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#Windrush #Windrush Generation
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We were delighted to welcome the Ipswich Maritime Trust to The Hold this morning for the official handover of the IMT/Leonard Woolf Collection of picture postcards of Ipswich from the 1890s -1910s. (Ref: GC697/7/1-6)

Pop into The Hold on Ipswich Waterfront to see the Ipswich & District Photographic Society’s inspiring annual exhibition. The exhibition is free and is on until 8 April.

We are pleased to announce that one of our volunteers, Kamal Faizi, has been shortlisted for a Museum + Heritage Award Museums + Heritage Show & Awards in the category of Volunteer(s) of the Year, in partnership with HeritageVolunteering. Congratulations to Kamal & all the other shortlistees. #MandHAwards

A new exhibition titled 'One Town, Many Stories' is opening at Bury St Edmunds Guildhall. The free exhibition will explore the rich history of Bury St Edmunds through the perspective of local organisations & historical societies. We are proud to have contributed to the exhibition.

We are so pleased you had a good afternoon with us.

Fantastic online display from our partners Suffolk Archives 👏

Learn more about Walton Burrell - profoundly deaf photographer and inspiration behind our #DeafPerspectives project in Bury St Edmunds.

The World of Walton Burrell is available now ⬇️📸
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We maintain a diverse collection of Oral History recordings that document fascinating stories about Suffolk & its people. We are seeking volunteers who are willing to help us improve the usability of recorded interviews for researchers. Find out more bit.ly/3TrleZz

🛬Tell us your Arrivals story 🛬

If you or your ancestors migrated to Suffolk from overseas we would love to hear your story.

There are several ways you can contribute your own story or your family’s story to the Suffolk Archives collections -bit.ly/49AHV2D

We have now published an online display relating to our Walton Burrell project called 'The World of Walton Burrell - Photographer, traveller, and deaf pioneer'.

Visit the online display here: bit.ly/4bRJCLc

Wood Ley Primary School in Stowmarket have recently borrowed the travelling 'We have to move on' display, created in partnership with the National Horseracing Museum and St Eds Cathedral Year 6 students used the display to learn about WW2 and the Holocaust.

#SuffolkArchives #heritage

📣Due to a recent IT update some of our PCs & microfiche & film machines are not working at our Bury & Ipswich branches. Please contact us before visiting:
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Ipswich: 01473 296666
Bury: 01284 741212
Apologies for inconvenience. A solution is being worked on.