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About us
Medway Archives Centre exists to help everyone discover the stories of Medway’s people and places. Find out more about what we do at Medway Archives Centre.

Collections
We look after archives, books, periodicals, photographs, maps, and more.

Our services
Find out more about our facilities, our paid research service, and how to request copies of documents or copy C of E baptism certificates.
Online exhibitions

Dickensland
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?