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Royal Flying Corps and Successors: World War One Gallantry Award Medal Index Cards Released
The National Archives, in partnership with Forces War Records, the leading military family history website from Ancestry®, has launched a digital...
New initiative to improve access to Holocaust-related collections
We have become a founding member of EHRI-UK – the national body representing Holocaust-related collections in the United Kingdom. The other founding...
The National Archives to create centre of excellence for heritage science and conservation research
We have been awarded £1.3m to upgrade our analytical research laboratory creating a centre of excellence available to collections throughout...
Saul Nassé presents first Archive Service Accreditation certificate
Our Chief Executive and Keeper, Saul Nassé, has presented his first Archive Service Accreditation certificate since joining The National Archives in the...
Join our User Advisory Group
Would you like to represent the views of archive users and help to improve The National Archives’ services? If you are a regular archive user, then...
Newly accredited archive service
Following a recent Archive Service Accreditation panel, the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that Christ Church Archives,...
Major National Lottery investment to unlock UK’s archives
A £5m investment into the archives sector will unlock collections across the UK and build the skills and resilience needed to care for them...
Pre-election period
The Civil Service has now entered the pre-election period. The National Archives is a government department and during this time, our website and communications...
Latest Accredited Archive Services announced
Archive Service Accreditation is the UK-wide standard for archive services. Following an Archive Service Accreditation Panel in March, we are pleased...
The National Archives welcomes Laidlaw Education to Kew
We are delighted to announce a new commercial collaboration with Laidlaw Education who will be leasing part of our building.
Laidlaw Education LLP...
Major improvement works to our building
We have started work to replace the repository windows on the second, third and fourth floors of the 1970s part of The National Archives' building....
Saul Nassé appointed as new Chief Executive and Keeper of The National Archives
Saul Nassé has been appointed by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport as Chief Executive and Keeper of The National Archives and will take up...
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