Entries from The Caird Library Blog tagged with 'Eleanor'
Update on Caird Library
We are delighted that the move of the collections into the new archive stores is on schedule to be completed by Christmas, so the full Library service and access to the collections will start in January 2012. Please see the latest update...
February's Item of the Month
This month's item of the month is a recently acquired prize ledger compiled under Sir Coutts Trotter and dating from 1786-1792. It illustrates the workings of the administration of the Royal Navy, and how the prize money system was managed...
Further update on plans for new reading room
The work on the Sammy Ofer Wing, including the new research and reading room and archive stores, is progressing well. We've updated the information about the project on the website, so please take a look. The information will be updated every two...
Opening hours over Easter
Normally the Library is open by appointment on the first Saturday of the month from 10.00-16.45, but because of Easter, this year the Library will be open on Saturday 10 April, rather than Saturday 3 April. Details of last order dates...
Update on plans for new reading room
As the building and plans for the new research and reading room in the Sammy Ofer Wing have developed, we wanted to alert you to some information about the project's progress which has just gone up on the website. The information will be updated every...
Revised Research guides
We are pleased to announce that six of our most popular Research guides have been revised and are available on our website, see http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/. Researched and written by the highly respected merchant naval historian and genealogist, Dr Christopher Watts, they...
Surprises in New York - the Normandie
Hunting through the long galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York a couple of months ago, looking for an exhibition on Calder jewellery, through the 20th century paintings, I found a room full of pieces from...
Update on Caird Library closure
Further update on 4 December 2008: New Caird Library opening hoursFirstly, we are delighted to announce that by special arrangement, the Foyle reading room at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR, will be made available to...
Temporary library closure begins on 20 December
Further update on 4 December 2008: New Caird Library opening hoursWith plans progressing on the £35 million redevelopment of the museum, to include a modern research and reading room and improved storage for the paper-based collections, we are pleased that...
Earlier closure dates for the Library
Further update on 4 December 2008: New Caird Library opening hoursWith the exciting news of the HLF grant towards the building of the Sammy Ofer Wing, the project, to include state of the art library and archive facilities, is firmly...
Visit by the James Caird Society and the South Georgia Association
Last Monday we welcomed a group of over thirty members of the James Caird Society and the South Georgia Association to view some treasures relating to polar exploration in the Archive & Library collections, and in the museum's 3-D collections. Members...
Library provision update
During the period 2009 -12 there will be changes to operation of the Library due to redevelopment of the Museum's South-West Wing. On completion, this wing will include a new and enhanced modern research and reading room, and greatly extended...
Library provision 2009-2012
As valued users of the National Maritime Museum Library, we want to hear your views on the Library's revised opening hours that will begin in June 2009.The South West wing project is an exciting opportunity for us to enhance the...
Preparing for the new Research Centre
Planning is now well underway for the Museum's South West Wing Project: an exciting opportunity for us to enhance the service provision of the National Maritime Museum's Archive & Library. The new Research Centre, opening in 2012, will offer users a large modern...
Introducing the new Head of Archive and Library
My first few weeks have been busy and memorable - I will never forget my first week at the museum in mid-February when we had a series of foggy mornings. Seeing the Queen's House loom out of the fog, with...
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