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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
Next 30 days
Browse all of our events, exhibitions and displays on over the next month, starting from today.
Events
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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Take the chance to go behind the scenes at The National Archives' repositories and see a range of historical documents.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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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
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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Talk
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 Tots: musical storytelling
Sing, dance and shake your way through time in a musical adventure!
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Talk
Objects of emotion: Colonial legacies and stories of feeling
Delve into colonial legacies within collections, learn how organisations are working with and for communities, and explore lived experiences past and present.
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Late
Love Letters Late: Ghosted
Ever been left on read? So have they – for centuries. Meet the ghosts of love past at a one night only after-hours event.
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Workshop
Does the ‘perfect parchment’ exist? Sensing the value of tangible heritage
Register your interest in our hands-on workshop to explore the sensory and physical qualities of historical materials.
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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.
Exhibitions and displays
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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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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
Love Letters
A free exhibition showcasing 500 years of devotion, longing, sacrifice and passion. Opening 24 January 2026.