Medway Archives Centre re-opened on 27 July 2020 for pre-booked appointments only.
We've reviewed our services, opening times and visiting arrangements to follow government guidelines and keep our staff and visitors safe.
Test and trace
When you visit our buildings, we'll ask for your name, phone number and information about your visit for test and trace. This is to keep you and others safe. You cannot enter our buildings if you do not give us your details.
Social distancing
We've put additional social distancing, hygiene and cleaning measures in place and ask that all visitors observe 2 metres distancing from others and good hygiene measures.
Face coverings
From Saturday 8 August, you must wear a face covering in many of our venues. This includes Medway Archives Centre. Find out more about face coverings.
As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens, this exhibition examines some of the people and places that provided inspiration for his novels and essays.
Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald exhibition
A brief look at the man behind the Fitzgerald Collection and his friendship with Charles Dickens.
Cuffay and Chatham exhibition
In July 1870 William Cuffay died in Hobart, Tasmania Australia. He was 82 years old, a tailor by trade and was born in Chatham. How did he end up there and why is he remembered today, 150 years later?
Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates
