The Rugby Racket

#SomethingNew (recently rediscovered) Printing blocks for The Meteor and photographs of a sports day event. #Archive30

A mini Cassette Tape, hopefully one day we will find out what is on it. #Archive30

#ArchivePeople The first curator of the Art Museum was Thomas Mitchener Lindsay, Teacher of Drawing. He taught at the School from 1880-1907. As well as still holding some of the objects he would have…

#Archive30 here are some of our on display in our Museum representing: Cross Country, Fives, Cricket, Rugby and Rackets.

#ArchiveOutreach This year we have loaned two items to Museums for their exhibitions. @DesignMuseum have the nine caps artwork and @RugbyGallery have a piece of stained glass. #ArchiveObject #Designi…

One of our largest is the Death Cart which is on display in the Museum. When boys were injured on the football (Rugby) field it was used to carry them off to the Sanatorium. It was used up until the …

Rugby School was founded by Lawrence Sheriff's will in 1567. This contemporary copy of the will is one of the oldest documents in the collection relating to the history of the School. #WhereYouStarte…

#ArchiveInclusion is about making sure that our archive is accessible. If you have a research topic you are exploring or a query we might be able to help you with then why not get in touch with us vi…

Essential on the way to work? (When it's sunny of course). #Archive30

#Archive30 Always use pencil and know where your sharpener is.

It's really hard to choose a favourite item from our collection. One of the items we really like is this book of illustrations by Anne Barnard the daughter of George Barnard who was an Art Master at …

#Archive30 Piffer anyone?