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Welcome
The Friends of The Keep Archives are working in ever closer collaboration with The Keep and its three constituent organisations.
What Is The Keep?
The Keep is a major new archive centre in the Falmer area of Brighton. It is a shared facility, housing the East Sussex Record Office, the local history collection of the Royal Pavilion and Museums of Brighton and Hove, and the University of Sussex Special Collections, including the Mass Observation Archive. It also houses the Sussex Family History Group.
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The Keep provides single integrated public access for the three archive services, state of the art preservation and conservation of records of all kinds and an unparalleled resource for learning and research.
The Keep website provides further detail about its unique content, its excellent events and how to search the collections. It contains information, archives, resources and multimedia on a vast range of topics: anyone can explore these topics in various ways by simply entering a search term on the site. |
The Keep - reopened to the public!
To ensure social distancing, the number of people per day in the Reading Room is limited to a maximum of 10, by appointment only, and original archives must be ordered two working days in advance. Documents will be quarantined for 72 hours between uses, and we will continue to operate with reduced opening hours.
There is more information on the Keep website about accessing services, as well as a short video outlining the measures in place to make the building Covid-secure. Do take a look if you are planning to visit, we look forward to returning to the building and to welcoming some of you back!
There is more information on the Keep website about accessing services, as well as a short video outlining the measures in place to make the building Covid-secure. Do take a look if you are planning to visit, we look forward to returning to the building and to welcoming some of you back!
Why Does The Keep Need Friends?
The Keep needs Friends now – more than ever before.
Why? Core funding, for the acquisition and maintenance of The Keep archives, is a public responsibility, but for years, and most acutely now, public funding has been unable to keep pace with the vast amount of material which we and future generations want to see preserved. For information on this, read Core funding 2019/20.
FoTKA, and its predecessor FESRO (Friends of East Sussex Record Office) have, for decades, performed an enormously valuable and valued role in raising funds for The Keep.
The Keep also benefits from the work of volunteers, many of whom are Friends.
Why? Core funding, for the acquisition and maintenance of The Keep archives, is a public responsibility, but for years, and most acutely now, public funding has been unable to keep pace with the vast amount of material which we and future generations want to see preserved. For information on this, read Core funding 2019/20.
FoTKA, and its predecessor FESRO (Friends of East Sussex Record Office) have, for decades, performed an enormously valuable and valued role in raising funds for The Keep.
The Keep also benefits from the work of volunteers, many of whom are Friends.
