Family activity
Ministry of Time Travel: online mission
Are you brave enough to become a Time Agent in this online adventure?
What's On
Everything that's on
Browse all of our events, exhibitions and displays.
Events
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Time Travel Tots: musical storytelling
Sing, dance and shake your way through time in a musical adventure!
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Tour
Behind the scenes tours
Take the chance to go behind the scenes at The National Archives' repositories and see a range of historical documents.
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Time Travel Tots: messy play
Join us for a messy play session! We'll use lots of fun sensory materials to spark children's imagination and creativity.
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Talk
Using Discovery
Expert guidance on making the most of The National Archives' online catalogue.
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Family activity
Time Travel Tots: sensory storytelling
Excite your child's senses through music, play, props and toys bringing themes from our collection to life.
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Talk
Britain's love affair with the railways
Come along for a celebration of the modern railway.
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Family history: using First World War records
Learn how to use First World War army records to inform your family history research.
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The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz
Discover the role of music in an astonishing story of survival with award-winning historian Anne Sebba.
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Family history: using Second World War records
Find out where to start with your Second World War family history research.
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Time Travel Club: building London
Explore iconic landmarks of London through original drawings and plans from the collection.
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Time Travel craft club
Get creative and crafty with the family this summer!
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Time Travel Club: fantastical fairy tales storytelling
Join us for a fantastic story about fairy tales!
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Talk
John Vassall: victim, spy, traitor, prisoner
Uncover the scandal that rocked the Macmillan government in the early 1960s, fuelling a national obsession with spy culture.
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Hidden Love: LGBTQ+ relationships in the archives
How did people defy state prejudice to find love and relationships?
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Wallis and Edward: the greatest love story of the 20th century
How did Wallis Simpson, a Baltimore socialite become one of the most vilified women of the 20th century?
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Secrets of The National Archives: The Act of Supremacy 1534
Explore King Henry VIII’s groundbreaking act and its far-reaching consequences.
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Victoria's Secret - the Private Passion of a Queen
Delve into the intimately entangled lives of Queen Victoria and her devoted servant John Brown.
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Secrets of The National Archives: King’s Book and Compendium Compertorum
Discover sex, superstition and supremacy in two of the most important records of the Reformation
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Jane Austen’s legacy: in conversation with Gill Hornby
Explore the legacy of one of our best loved novelists, Jane Austen.
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Secrets of The National Archives: the will of Henry VIII
The last will and testament of Henry VIII with Suzannah Lipscomb.
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Family activity
The Enchanted Cinema
Embark on a cinematic adventure and help bring classic animated films to life as part of a family orchestra.
Exhibitions and displays
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Display
Stories Unboxed
Each month we take a single, remarkable document, put it on display, and explore its story.
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Display
The Cabinet Table
Examine our replica Cabinet table and explore leaders from the past through their documents at this permanent display.
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Exhibition
Happy & Glorious
See artwork commissioned for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla in 2023, on public display for the first time.
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Exhibition
Love Letters
A free exhibition showcasing 500 years of devotion, longing, sacrifice and passion. Opening 24 January 2026.