Changes to our Search Room and Opening Hours
RCAHMS is pleased to announce changes to our Search Room services from 12th April 2010, which will enhance the way that you can consult our Collections.
Changes to our opening times
- Monday - closed (pre-booked group visits only)
- Tuesday - 9:30am to 5pm
- Wednesday - 9:30am to 5pm
- Thursday - 9:30am to 6pm
- Friday - 9:30am to 5pm
Consultations and appointments
- All visitors are encouraged to make an appointment before their visit, but drop-in visitors are still welcome
- Appointments are always required for consulting the National Collection of Aerial Photography
- There is a new system for consulting stored collection items - Request Forms need to be completed for this material, up to a maximum of 10 items per request
- The retrieval of requested collection items will be at set times throughout the day:
10:30, 12:00, 13:30, and 15:00 for the National Collection of Aerial Photography and
10:30, 13:00, and 15:00 for all other material - Boxed photographic prints, library books and periodicals remain on open access
Improved digital facilities
- There will be more computers for browsing our online resources, some with double screens
- Free Wi-Fi has been installed for use with your own laptops
The number of workstations has been increased for consulting the National Collection of Aerial Photography
More online images
- We will be increasing the number of photographs and drawings being digitised so that more images are available to view online
For further details about these changes, please see our FAQs. We will be reviewing these changes over the next 3 months and welcome your feedback. Please complete our online survey.
