Medway Archives Centre

MAC spring lecture series

We are pleased to announce the spring lecture series at Medway Archives Centre (MAC).

Tickets cost £4 each or £20 for the whole series of 6 talks.

To find out more about each of the talks and the dates they are running, click the title of each talk below:

• Islands of the Medway Estuary - Adam Taylor
• Drunkenness, Madness and Bigamy: The Staff of Strood Workhouse - Deborah Collins
• An 18th Century Entrepreneur: Sarah Baker and her Kentish Theatres 1737 to 1816 - Dr Jean Baker
• Rochester Cathedral Heritage - Jacob Scott
• The Story of Isaac Newell: From Strood to Argentina and the Seeds of Modern Football - Amanda Thomas
• The Fake Peace within the Textus Roffensis - Dr Alexander Thomas.

How to book

To book, you can:

• phone 01634 332 714
• visit the Medway Archives Centre
• email archives@medway.gov.uk.

Online Exhibitions

Pestilence to contagion: plague to COVID-19

This exhibition details some of the diseases and viruses that have struck Medway in the past.

View the online Pestilence to contagion: plague to COVID-19 exhibition.

Health matters: corridors of care

This exhibition takes a look at the institutions that have offered care and comfort to the Medway area.

View the online Health matters: corridors of care exhibition.

Dickensland

Dickensland commemorated 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.

View Dickensland online exhibition.

Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald 1830 to 1925

On the centenary of the birth of Charles Dickens in 1912, Percy Fitzgerald presented his library of books by and about Dickens and his works to Rochester Museum.

But who was he?

View Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, 1830 to 1925 online exhibition.

Williams Cuffay and Chatham

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? 

View William Cuffay and Chatham online exhibition.

Exhibition loans

A selection of our past exhibitions are available for loan. Please contact us for more information.

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