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How do you make meaning when interacting with archives?
Participants needed for research on meaning‐making through archival interactions
We are conducting a study into how people make meaning when interacting...
Funding awarded under Government programme
Funding totalling £660,000 has been distributed to 43 places of deposit across England and Wales under the Government’s New Burdens programme.
The...
Planned electrical works on Sunday 27 October – Update
Our electrical work has been completed as planned and The National Archives will be open as normal to the public from 9am on Tuesday 29 October.
We...
Interactive map and dataset shows devastating impact of Second World War air raids
Updated 8 October 2020: The 'Bombing Britain' map was withdrawn permanently in May 2020.
Bombing Britain uses wartime data from our collection to pinpoint...
Latest MI5 files released
Today we have made available to the public more than 100 previously top secret files from the Security Service, or MI5.
The records cover a range of...
Visitor car park arrangements for Saturday 14 September
On Saturday 14 September we’ll be supporting Richmond Runfest by making a number of spaces in our visitor car park available for runners to park in.
Please...
Jeff James visits M&S
Jeff James, Chief Executive and Keeper of The National Archives visited the M&S Company Archive at its home at the University of Leeds this week as...
DCDC bursaries awarded
Four bursaries have been awarded for this year’s Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference, following a competition funded by...
Peterloo remembered in free online course
Original records held by The National Archives will feature in a free-to-join online course examining the Peterloo Massacre.
Registration is now open...
New learning spaces for the historians of tomorrow
We will shortly begin construction of two major new learning spaces within our first floor reading rooms.
One space will be located next to the library,...
Collaborate and Innovate archive fund launched
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new funding programme for the archive sector titled Collaborate and Innovate.
The programme will empower...
Summer at The National Archives
This Summer at The National Archives you might be surprised by what you discover.
Just 10 minutes' walk from Kew Gardens station, our beautiful wildlife,...
Read more about historic document releases from 2010-2016.
Read more about document releases since 2016.