6 August 2025 - Visit to North East Wales Archives & Gladstone Library

NEWA holds wide-ranging and varied collections of manuscript and print material representing work and leisure of North Wales society. Keeping this accessible and available to be directly consulted is the work of the archive conservator. Conservator Mark Allen’s introductory talk will highlight the specific issues and problems faced when working on the conservation of these heritage materials. It will touch on the history of materials development to provide some context. Recent conservation treatments carried out at the studio in Hawarden will be used as examples to explain methods and current thinking. We will move on for lunch and a tour of the nearby Gladstone Library - the UK's finest residential library. Designed by the prolific Chester-based architect John Douglas in the Gothic Revival style in 1902 it is now Grade 1 listed.
 
There is no charge for this event, but members pay for their own lunch at the Gladstone Library.