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Take the chance to go behind the scenes at The National Archives' repositories and see a range of historical documents.
What's On
Everything that's on
Browse all of our events, exhibitions and displays.
Events
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Family activity
Time Travel Tots: messy play
Join us for a messy play session! We will use lots of fun sensory materials to spark children's imagination and creativity.
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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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Family activity
Time Travel Tots: musical storytelling
Sing, dance and shake your way through time in a musical adventure!
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Talk
Revolution through a British lens
Discover the story of the birth of the United States of America.
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Pipe Rolls: Cross-Channel Lordship in the Middle Ages
Join us for the annual Pipe Roll Society Lecture.
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Divided loyalties: Ireland and the American War of Independence
Discover how Ireland engaged with ideas of rebellion and liberty in an age of revolutions.
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Regina: a new history of women and power
An epic history of royal women from Cleopatra to Grace Kelly.
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Special event
Archives Fest 2026
Discover 1,000 years history at The National Archives - a fun day out for the whole family!
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Talk
Leaving a mark: 125 years of fingerprinting at the Met
Discover the evolution of fingerprinting over the last 125 years.
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Tour
Curator tour – Revolution 250: America's Independence Story 1763–1783
Explore the birth of the United States of America with one of our expert exhibition curators.
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Talk
Family history: early modern migration to North America
Follow in the footsteps of your ancestors and learn about early modern migration to North America from Britain.
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Family activity
Time Travel craft club
Get creative and crafty with the family this summer!
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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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Talk
Family history: tracing your North American ancestors, 1783-1960
Trace the journeys of British emigrants to the ‘New World’.
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Shattered Lands with Sam Dalrymple
Discover the history of modern South Asia told through the five partitions that reshaped it.
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Online curator tour: America’s Independence Story, 1763-1783
Explore highlights from our current exhibition, Revolution 250 with curators Graham Moore and Sean Cunningham.
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Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the making of the Soviet Empire
Join us for an unflinching reassessment of the Cambridge Five spy ring.
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Researching your local history
Uncover your local history with The National Archives.
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Captivating cartography at The National Archives
Discover unexpected stories and secrets revealed by ten maps from our collection.
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Tyranny and oppression in the English and Welsh workhouse, 1780–1930
Discover how the central and local state tried to control the lives of the poorest citizens of England and Wales.
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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Upcoming exhibition
Revolution 250: America's Independence Story 1763–1783
Marking the 250th anniversary of The US Declaration of Independence, this powerful free exhibition will chart the emergence of the United States of America.