Friday 5th October 2018 The Opportunities & Challenges of Studying 20C HSTM: a one-day workshop to bring researchers together to share their experiences of working on the history of 20th-century science, technology and medicine. Full details available here. For more information on any of the above events, please contact us: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01955 602444 Facebook:… Read more »Read more

There are lots of exciting youth activities in Wick this summer including ‘The Way Wick Was’ walk on Monday the 10th of July (10-12pm) and ‘Stories from the Archives’ on Wednesday 19th July (10-3pm). See our posters for more details and booking information.Read more

Do you have an interest in the history of your local area? Do you enjoy meeting new people and learning new skills? Come along to our Volunteering Open Day at Nucleus on Wednesday 28th June 2017 between 10-12 and 2-4pm. For more information telephone 01955 606432 or email [email protected]      Read more

We were delighted to welcome children from Noss Primary School’s P4 class into the archive search room at Nucleus on the 4th April 2017. The children are doing a project on Vikings and came along to our centre to search for Nordic place names on some old maps. They were also able to view some… Read more »Read more

No sooner had the doors opened at Nucleus, on the 14th February 2017, than our first depositor arrived, followed shortly after by our first readers. We welcomed over 35 people through our doors during the course of the day and we were delighted that everyone was enjoying reading documents in the new surroundings. Our first depositor was John… Read more »Read more

We are very excited to announce that the Nuclear and Caithness Archives will be opening on St Valentine’s Day, Tuesday 14th February 2017. The brand new, state-of-the-art building will be home to the archives of the entire UK civil nuclear industry as well as the historical archives of the county of Caithness. It is designed to… Read more »Read more

The construction works on the new Nuclear and Caithness Archive Centre are advancing well and the building is really taking shape.  The steelwork is complete and all of the floor slabs have been poured. The roofing/cladding works are progressing and the mechanical and electrical trays are being installed to run and contain the cables throughout the… Read more »Read more

Work on the Nuclear Archive building which will become the home of the Caithness Archives is proceeding apace, after the ground-breaking ceremony last summer. In this image taken (under a typical Caithness sky) on 7 November the shell of the building is starting to take shape.Read more

Work has begun on the construction of the new Nuclear Archive in Wick, Caithness, on a site just across from the airport. Due to a partnering arrangement with Highland Council a portion of the building will be dedicated to storage of the Caithness Archive and it is anticipated that local records currently held elsewhere will… Read more »Read more