Notarial Archives Foundation

Call Directions Website

Notarial Archives Foundation The NAF is a non-governmental voluntary organisation aiming to preserve the Notarial Registers Archive. https://linktr.ee/notarialarchivesfoundation

The NAF is a non-profit non-governmental voluntary organisation which aims to ensure the preservation of the rich collection at the Notarial Registers Archive.

There's always more to an archive than meets the eye, and we love having the chance to talk about it!Over the past few d...
12/10/2026

There's always more to an archive than meets the eye, and we love having the chance to talk about it!

Over the past few days, we had the pleasure of welcoming a group of journalists through the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA), as well as Michelle Buttigieg, MTA's representative in the United States, and Waqas Wajahat, Chair of the International Committee at MICAS.

From sharing insights into our conservation and research work to exchanging perspectives on Malta's cultural heritage, these visits sparked conversations about building connections, sharing ideas, and exploring opportunities for collaboration across different fields.

A big thank you to our guests for their curiosity, thoughtful exchanges, and shared enthusiasm for bringing Malta's heritage to wider audiences!

👥We're hiring!The Notarial Archives Foundation is looking for a part-time Outreach Assistant to join our team.The role i...
09/10/2026

👥We're hiring!

The Notarial Archives Foundation is looking for a part-time Outreach Assistant to join our team.

The role involves supporting our communications, social media, editorial work, and public events, helping us share the work of the Notarial Registers Archive with wider audiences.

📅 Application deadline: Friday 16 October 2026, 12:00 noon (GMT+2)

🔗 Find out more and apply: https://nafmalta.org/careers

02/10/2026

Conservators work on 16th-century material severely damaged during the Second World War.

Previously too distorted and fragile to be safely handled or consulted, the item undergoes careful flattening and paper infills to improve its stability and accessibility.

This video highlights the meticulous work involved in conservation treatment, where individual stages can take hours, and sometimes even days, of careful attention.

Through this work, fragile material that has survived centuries of use and damage can be stabilised and preserved, allowing it to be safely digitised and made accessible once again for consultation and research.

Grand Harbour Revisited | by Joanna Spiteri StainesWe are pleased to announce the first lecture in the Notarial Archives...
30/09/2026

Grand Harbour Revisited | by Joanna Spiteri Staines

We are pleased to announce the first lecture in the Notarial Archives Foundation’s 2026–2027 Lecture Series, kindly sponsored by The Alfred Mizzi Foundation for the third consecutive series.

Join architect Joanna Spiteri Staines, Partner at Openwork Studio, for Grand Harbour Revisited, a lecture revealing the layered history, changing waterfront and architectural heritage of Valletta’s Grand Harbour.

Focusing on the area immediately beyond Victoria Gate, the lecture will consider a historically significant stretch of the harbour where buildings such as the 17th-century Old Quarantine Hospital survive alongside traces of the original relationship between the city and the water. Through its rich layers of history, Joanna will consider what has been lost, what remains, and the potential for the area’s restoration and rehabilitation.

📅 Thursday, 15 October 2026 🕙 10:00
📍 Notarial Registers Archive, 217, St Paul Street, Valletta
🗣️ Language: English
🎟️ Free entrance | Registration required
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grand-harbour-revisited-tickets-2002505359436

Full details on the event page: https://fb.me/e/4e3uQv1nY

Want to hear about upcoming events like this? Subscribe to our mailing list: https://subscribe.nafmalta.org/subscribe

Over two evenings at Science in the City, Malta, visitors to the Ġilduża stand had the opportunity to encounter some of ...
29/09/2026

Over two evenings at Science in the City, Malta, visitors to the Ġilduża stand had the opportunity to encounter some of the materials and practices at the heart of the project first-hand.

Alongside learning about the process through which animal skin is transformed into parchment, visitors handled samples of goat and sheep skin, compared the two materials, examined their surfaces under a microscope, tried writing on parchment with a quill, and even had a go at playing the żafżafa.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by, asked questions, shared observations, and took a closer look at the research, experimentation, craft, and traditions behind parchment-making.

We were delighted to have the opportunity to share this aspect of Ġilduża with visitors to Science in the City.

We had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Frank Bezzina, Rector of the University of Malta, and Professor Noellie Brock...
29/09/2026

We had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Frank Bezzina, Rector of the University of Malta, and Professor Noellie Brockdorff, Pro-Rector for People, Quality & Communications, to the Notarial Registers Archive.

The visit gave our team the opportunity to meet Professor Bezzina and Professor Brockdorff, introduce the work we do across conservation, research, cataloguing, digitisation and outreach, and share some of the different paths that brought us to the Archive. Many of our staff are University of Malta graduates, while others are continuing their studies there.

Our team comes from a range of academic and professional backgrounds, bringing different skills and perspectives to the preservation, study and sharing of the collections. It was a chance to highlight how the connection between the University and the Archive extends beyond individual collaborations and research projects, and is also reflected in the people working with the collections every day.

Thank you to Professor Bezzina and Professor Brockdorff for visiting and for taking the time to get to know our team and our work.

One more evening at Science in the City, Malta.Yesterday, visitors to our Ġilduża stand had the opportunity to handle sa...
26/09/2026

One more evening at Science in the City, Malta.

Yesterday, visitors to our Ġilduża stand had the opportunity to handle samples of goat and sheep skin, compare the materials first-hand, and examine their surfaces under a microscope.

We will be back this evening for the second and final night. Come and experience the materials for yourself, see how animal skin is transformed into parchment, try writing on parchment with a quill, have a go at playing the żafżafa, and learn more about the work being carried out through Ġilduża.

📍 Find Ġilduża at Triton Square on 25 and 26 September, from 6 PM to 9 PM.

👉 https://nafmalta.org/nafevent/gilduza-science-in-the-city-2026/

25/09/2026

We’re at Science in the City, Malta.

This evening, visitors to the Ġilduża stand are encountering some of the materials at the heart of the project first-hand.

Come and handle samples of goat and sheep skin, compare the two materials, and take a closer look at their surfaces under a microscope. You can also watch the different stages through which animal skin is transformed into parchment in the video on display at our stand.

Come by, meet the team, and find out more about the research, experimentation, and craft behind Ġilduża.

📍 Find Ġilduża at Triton Square on 25 and 26 September, from 6 PM to 9 PM.

👉 https://nafmalta.org/nafevent/gilduza-science-in-the-city-2026/

22/09/2026

What does animal skin reveal when we take a closer look?

To the naked eye, we can already observe differences between goat and sheep skin. Under magnification, however, their surfaces can be examined in much greater detail.

At the Ġilduża stand during Science in the City, Malta, visitors will be able to examine both materials under a microscope, as well as handle them for themselves.

You will also be able to watch the parchment-making process and follow the different stages through which animal skin is transformed into parchment.

📍 Find Ġilduża at Triton Square on 25 and 26 September, from 6 PM to 9 PM.

👉 https://nafmalta.org/nafevent/gilduza-science-in-the-city-2026/

What happens to parchment once it has been made?Producing the material is only one part of the work we are exploring thr...
19/09/2026

What happens to parchment once it has been made?

Producing the material is only one part of the work we are exploring through Ġilduża. Parchment produced through the initiative has also been put into practice in conservation at the Notarial Registers Archive.

In the treatment shown here, our conservators used the locally produced material as a historically appropriate protective covering for a historic register, bringing together the revival of a traditional craft with the practical needs of caring for our documentary heritage today.

At Science in the City, Malta, visitors will be able to encounter the material itself and learn more about how we produce it and put it into practice.

📍 Find Ġilduża at Triton Square on 25 and 26 September, from 6 PM to 9 PM.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1284752606918814

👉 https://nafmalta.org/nafevent/gilduza-science-in-the-city-2026/

Address

217, St Paul Street
Valletta

Telephone

+35621226152

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Notarial Archives Foundation posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category