Closure Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March 2024
Due to planned maintenance, on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March, our building and grounds, including our reading rooms, exhibition, café and shop will be closed. There will be no access for visitors, staff or volunteers. Access to our website and online services will be unaffected.
We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.
- Cabinet Office files from 1997-2000
- Prime Minister’s files from 1998 – 2000 released
- 1921 Census for England and Wales published today
- Kate Williams, Amber Butchart, and Mel Backe-Hansen join our 20sPeople season of online talks
- DCDC22 Conference: Call for papers
- Allocating a manuscript accepted in lieu of tax
- Prize Papers research portal launched
- CILIP Pathways to develop assessment process for archivist apprenticeship
- Step back in time with our 1920s evening at the 43 Club
- Latest archive accreditation awards
- SafePod for data research available at Kew
- Records at Risk Fund awards grants to save vulnerable collections
- The National Archives welcomes Vice-Chancellor as new Chair of Board
- The National Archives to publish court judgments
- The National Archives and Arts Council England embark on a new three-year collaboration
- Records of French Prizes uploaded to Prize Papers portal
- Temporary withdrawal of record series FCO 141
- Latest Cabinet Office files
- Cabinet Office files released
- Newly accredited archive services announced
- Archives Revealed funds ten new cataloguing projects
- New educational resource ‘Spotlight On’ launched
- Back to school: discover our learning resources and taught sessions
- Access reinstated for FCO 141 Record Series
- Women’s Land Army index cards online at Ancestry
- Our exhibition Treason: People, Power & Plot opens on 5 November
- Latest release of files from MI5
- Join our User Advisory Group – deadline extended
- Archival research sheds new light on Chaucer court case
- Prize Papers exhibition at the German Historical Institute London
- British Library to work with The National Archives and Jisc to deliver Discovering Collections: Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference
- Treason: People, Power & Plot opens this weekend
- Catalogue Week is coming
- Newly accredited archive services announced
- MOD service personnel records now available (update)
- Education package to mark 25th anniversary of Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement
- Cabinet Office files from 2000-2002 released
- New family exhibition Spirit of Invention coming this summer
- Opera songs performed for the first time in 200 years
- Allocating collections accepted in lieu of tax
- Training provider announced for the Level 7 Archivist apprenticeship
- DCDC23: Call for papers now open
- Industrial action planned for Wednesday 15 March
- Review of the Statement of Public Task
- Digitising FCO 141 records
- Award of MOD service records digitisation contract
- Tolkien letters shine new light on writer’s life and work
- New education resources highlight Good Friday Agreement
- Newly accredited archive services announced
- Industrial action to affect services on Friday 28 April
- 20sStreets competition: winners chosen from ‘impressive’ field
- Funding programme for 2023-2024 now open
- New collaborative doctoral partnerships announced
- Spirit of Invention: new exhibition opens at The National Archives
- Archives for Everywhere strategy launched
- Reading rooms to close early on Friday 21 July
- Cabinet Office Files Released
- Archive Service Accreditation Panel latest awards
- Archives for Everyone 2023-27 published
- Archives Revealed programme awards 10 new cataloguing grants
- Additional handling procedures for some documents
- The National Archives Chief Executive and Keeper to conclude term of office
- Great Escapes: Remarkable Second World War Captives
- Newly Accredited Archive Services
- 18th Century Spanish Prize Papers Now Online
- Latest Cabinet Office files released
- Allocating collections accepted in lieu of tax
- Great Escapes exhibition launched
- 300,000 farm records going online, thanks to grant from Lund Trust
- Pristine sweater in parcel posted in 1807
- Spirit of Invention exhibition opens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Were Allied prisoners of war involved in the Great Escape betrayed?
- Saul Nassé appointed as new Chief Executive and Keeper of The National Archives
- Major improvement works to our building
- The National Archives welcomes Laidlaw Education to Kew
- Join The National Archives Board
- The National Archives and Arts Council England sign new agreement
- Back to school: discover our learning resources and taught sessions
- Discovery maintenance on 9 October
- Book on Victorian poverty wins major prize
- Planning a visit to our reading rooms this summer? Reserve your seat
- New web portal gives easier access to Northern Ireland files
- Marking the arrival of the Empire Windrush 75 years on
- Join our User Advisory Group
- Bookings now open for DCDC23
- Book now for new live schools sessions and education resources
- Calling all teachers – summer sessions now available to book
- Industrial action planned for Wednesday 1 February
- Discovery, our catalogue, is moving to a Cloud-based platform
- Cashless car parking and new payment app coming soon
- Digital Project Wins International Award
- 20sStreets local history competition now open
- Update on temporary withdrawal of record series FCO 141
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- First MOD service personnel records now available
- Parliamentary Archives to relocate to Kew
- Support for Ukraine
- Digital art installation now on site
- Publication of our annual report and accounts 2019-20
- Regional hubs to offer free online access to 1921 Census of England and Wales
- The National Archives is open as usual
- Prime Minister’s Office files (PREM)
- Cabinet Office files (CAB)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office files
- Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities is taking a break in 2024
- Educational package to help pupils across the UK understand the journey to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement
- Double Agent Operations
- Communists and Suspected Communists, including Russian and Communist sympathisers
- Subject files
- Geoffrey Howe’s Private Office papers 1979 – 1983