Enfield's newly accredited Museum and Archive Service this month launches a programme of events in which visitors are invited in to learn about some of the objects in its collection.
The Service's accreditation status was announced at the end of March by the UK Archive Service Accreditation Partnership. The panel awarding accreditation looks at "an organisation’s ability to develop, care for, and provide access to its collections, and those areas such as resources and planning which underpin those activities". It is regarded as a "badge of external recognition which demonstrates quality services".
Perhaps by coincidence, or then again perhaps not, the Service has recently announced a programme of events between now and September in which Archivist John Clark will invite visitors into the archive for guided tours. There will also be lunchtime Taster Lectures given by local historian Joe Studman and Egyptologist Stacey Anne Bagdi. Subjects range from an ancient mammoth bone to an Edmonton Town Hall Distinguished Visitors Book with a special Tottenham connection (clue: think May 1962).
The Museum and Archive 2018 events programme
Tuesday 10 April, 1pm
The Museum of Enfield presents: Object in Focus - Woolly Mammoth Bone
Thursday 12th April 1.00pm
The Museum of Enfield presents: Object in Focus - Apples and Pears
Friday 27 April 10am
Behind the Scenes: A private tour of the Local Studies and Archives Centre
Tuesday 8 May 1.00pm
The Museum of Enfield presents: Object in Focus - Ancient Egyptian collection at Theobalds House
Friday 25 May 10.00am - 10.45am
Archives in Focus: Maps of Enfield
Friday 29 June 10.00am
Behind the Scenes: A private tour of the Local Studies and Archives Centre
Tuesday 10 July 1.00pm
The Museum of Enfield presents: Object in Focus - Milton Meyer's 1903 annual railway pass
Friday 27 July 10.00am
Archives in Focus: Family history sources for Enfield
Tuesday 14 August 1.00pm
The Museum of Enfield presents: Object in Focus - Chase Farm School tapestry and cup remnant
Friday 31 August 10.00am
Behind the Scenes: A private tour of the Local Studies and Archives Centre
Tuesday 11 September 1.00pm
Object in Focus: Tottenham Visitors Book
(That's the title, but it's actually an Edmonton visitors book with a rather special link to Tottenham)
