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Ministry of Time Travel: online mission
Are you brave enough to become a Time Agent in this online adventure?
What's On
Browse all of our events, exhibitions and displays.
Family activity
Are you brave enough to become a Time Agent in this online adventure?
Family activity
Excite your child's senses through music, play, props and toys bringing themes from our collection to life.
Tour
Take the chance to go behind the scenes at The National Archives' repositories and see a range of historical documents.
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Sing, dance and shake your way through time in a musical adventure!
Talk
Discover the real Jane Austen through a history of everyday objects, with renowned Jane Austen scholar Paula Byrne.
Family activity
Celebrate ‘the most wonderful time of the year’ at our fun and festive day.
Talk
Join historian Annie Gray to celebrate a Regency-style Christmas.
Family activity
Embark on a cinematic adventure and help bring classic animated films to life as part of a family orchestra.
Display
Each month we take a single, remarkable document, put it on display, and explore its story.
Display
Examine our replica Cabinet table and explore leaders from the past through their documents at this permanent display.
Exhibition
See artwork commissioned for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla in 2023, on public display for the first time.