Up-and-coming Archive Events

Discovery Open Evenings at Whitehaven Archive and Local Studies Centre

Archives showcase event

  • Interested in your local history? Miners or mariners in the family? Are you curious about what west Cumbria was like to live and work in 100 years ago? 

  • Explore specially selected archives and dig into the past at the Discovery Open Evenings, third Tuesday of every month, 7pm-9pm.

Join us on Tuesday 21 May at 7pm for Wordsworth on Tour. Get to know this remarkable family by exploring reproductions of their letters,notebooks and journals, as well as finding out how some of the world's best loved writing came to be.

This is a free event at Whitehaven Archive Centre next to the Police Station on Scotch Street. Refreshments available. Doors open 7pm.

No booking required - just turn up. If you'd like more information, please contact Whitehaven Archives