Archive sector data we manage

Through our data platform, Discovery, we provide a single point of online access to catalogue and organisational data from across the archive sector.

Discovery includes:

Manage Your Collections in Discovery

The Manage Your Collections application allows archives to edit information about their own collections in The National Archives' online catalogue, Discovery.
Archived page

Accessions

Each year we invite archive services in the UK and Ireland to provide a list of material they have accessioned during the previous 12 months.
Archived page

Manorial Documents Register

The Manorial Documents Register (MDR) is an index of English and Welsh manorial records, providing brief descriptions of documents and their locations in public and private hands.
Archived page

The National Register of Archives

The National Register of Archives (NRA) records collections relating to British individuals, families, groups, organisations and businesses held in repositories in the UK and globally.
Archived page

The Finding Archives project

The Finding Archives project has overseen the integration of content from the NRA, Directory of Archives (ARCHON), Access to Archives (A2A) and the MDR into Discovery.

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