We’ve come to the end of July, so read on to hear about what the Archives Revealed project team have been getting up to over the past month… July 2025 in the Archive – Sophie (Archivist) Every time we get towards the end of the month and it’s time to start writing up our...| Museum of the Order of St John
We’ve come to the end of June, so read on to hear about what the Archives Revealed project team have been getting up to recently… Josie (Project Cataloguer) May has been time to have a Spring sort-out in the Archive. Together with Archivist Sophie, we’ve spent time pulling out the remaining in-scope records we... The post Archives Revealed: what we’ve been up to in May 2025 appeared first on Museum of the Order of St John.| Museum of the Order of St John
We’ve come to the end of June, so read on to hear about what the Archives Revealed project team have been getting up to over the past month.| Museum of the Order of St John
The Order of St John, otherwise known as the Knights Hospitaller, was a chivalric and militaristic, order originating in Jerusalem before the first Crusade in 1099. Members pledged an oath to provide hospitality for the sick, injured and poor, while also training as knights for warfare dedicated in their defence of Christianity. Not too long...| Museum of the Order of St John
To celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, join Curator Rebecca as she discusses St John Ambulances involvement in both the Second World War, and the festivities that followed. Victory in Europe Day celebrates the formal acceptance of the surrender of Germany forces on 8 May 1945, and is what we might understand as the... The post The 80th Anniversary of VE Day: St John Ambulances Involvement appeared first on Museum of the Order of St John.| Museum of the Order of St John
In this latest blog post about our Archives Revealed project to catalogue the founding records of St John Ambulance, we hear from the Archives Revealed team about what April has had in store for them. The post Archives Revealed: what we’ve been up to in April 2025 appeared first on Museum of the Order of St John.| Museum of the Order of St John
As part of a work experience grant project from the Costume Society, Madi Hough has been working with the Museum over the past few months to explore our collection of hats. See how she got on below… Over the past five months, I have had the privilege of delving into the Museum of the Order... The post Nursing Hats: Tracing Gendered National Identity and Civil Duty through Uniformity appeared first on Museum of the Order of St John.| Museum of the Order of St John
In this latest blog post about our Archives Revealed project to catalogue the founding records of St John Ambulance, we hear from the Archives Revealed team about what March has had in store for them. The post Archives Revealed: what we’ve been up to in March 2025 appeared first on Museum of the Order of St John.| Museum of the Order of St John
In this blog, which accompanies our International Women’s Day 10-minute talk, Archivist Sophie Denman shines a light on one of the women of St John in honour of Women’s History Month: Annie Brassey, a writer, traveller, and supporter of the St John Ambulance Association She gained her interest in emergency and medical care after being involved in an accident as a child, and s an adult, sailed around the world in her yacht, the ‘Sunbeam’, promoting the Association, writing about her tr...| Museum of the Order of St John
In this latest blog post about our Archives Revealed project to catalogue the founding records of St John Ambulance, we hear from the Archives Revealed team about what January has had in store for them.| Museum of the Order of St John
In this latest blog post about our Archives Revealed project to catalogue the founding records of St John Ambulance, we hear from the Archives Revealed team about what January has had in store for them.| Museum of the Order of St John
A collaboration between the Museum of the Order of St John and the Malta Studies Centre will make hundreds of rare and fascinating items from the Library collections available online.| Museum of the Order of St John