Exhibition to explore the making of America to feature rare Declaration of Independence
A major 2026 exhibition will explore the birth of the United States of America to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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A major 2026 exhibition will explore the birth of the United States of America to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The National Archives is helping make accessible a financial survey of the Church ordered by Henry VIII after his break with Rome.
The National Archives is displaying records related to the Gresford Colliery disaster in Wrexham Library to mark the 91st anniversary on 22 September 2025.
Educators at The National Archives have won a prestigious prize for their history workshops.
A 1642 will which caused a legal row about William Shakespeare’s property in Stratford-upon-Avon has been discovered at The National Archives.
Design plans for Titanic, sketches by Raymond Briggs and gig posters by Martin F. Bedford will all be more accessible thanks to cataloguing grants.
The Science and Industry Museum and the North Lanarkshire Archives have been accredited for the first time.
New members are being sought for a panel which advises The Master of the Rolls on historical documents related to the manorial system and tithes.
We have digitised 200 files which have been released by the Cabinet Office.
The editors of a ground-breaking new study about emotions and archives which includes work by a researcher at The National Archives has won a prestigious award.
We are launching a new workshop for students who are blind and visually impaired, using a technique that transforms flat documents into 3D models.
The National Archives hosted an evening with the medieval experts who recently discovered a ‘copy’ of the Magna Carta was actually an extremely rare original.
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