The Archives and Special Collections holds a series of events throughout the year in order to raise public awareness about our collections.
Exhibitions, public lectures and open days are free of charge and open to all.
We run induction sessions for students and offer the opportunity for school pupils at key stage 5 to see and handle original material.
We also participate in the national “Explore your Archive” week every November and have recently enlisted with the Cadw “Open Doors” event which takes place in September.
All our events will be advertised on this page as well as our homepage and Twitter feed.
Archives Annual Lecture
30 October 2024 Main Arts Lecture Theatre 5.30
Archives Annual Lecture : Professor Terence Dooley of Maynooth University, Ireland.
The title of his lecture is yet to be confirmed.
Archives and Special Collections Exhibition 2024
CELEBRATING 140
The University College of North Wales was opened in Bangor on the 18th October,
1884. With this event the hopes and aspirations of many since the days of Owain Glyn
Dŵr for a University in north Wales were realised. With fifty eight students this was the
beginning of the journey for one of the important institutions in the area. Today, there
are well over 11,000 students here from all corners of the world benefitting from the
strong Welsh tradition that believes in the value of education for all the people.
In this exhibition we give a glimpse of the rich history of the University for the last 140
years. From the great mass of material held by the University’s own Archives, a
selection of representative and evocative examples has been made to illustrate the life
and work of the past and present students and staff.