A Tale of Two Towers: The History of the Parliamentary Archives
Society of Antiquaries of LondonBurlington House, Piccadilly, London
Thu 29 Oct · 17:00
About this event
Dr Mari Takayanagi FSA tells the story of record-keeping in the House of Lords and House of Commons from c. 1497 to 1963 and the story of the two Westminster towers where the archives were stored - the medieval Jewel Tower, and Charles Barry’s magnificent Gothic creation, the Victoria Tower.
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