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Take the chance to go behind the scenes at The National Archives' repositories and see a range of historical documents.
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Talks and tours
Join archives staff and world-leading experts for exciting talks and tours, in person and online.
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Love Letters Curator tour
Discover 500 years of devotion, longing, sacrifice and passion with our expert curator.
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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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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Take the chance to go behind the scenes at The National Archives' repositories and see a range of historical documents.
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Researching your 20th century ancestors
Discover your ancestors through our family history records.
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Family history: tracing your Irish ancestors
Join experts from The National Archives and the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland to start tracing your Irish ancestry.
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The Life, Death and ‘Afterlife’ of Henry VI
The tragic reign of the boy king who almost became a saint.
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1926 Census of the Irish Free State
An unmissable exploration of the biggest new arrival in Irish family history.
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Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker
Discover the life of one of the most remarkable and influential women of the Middle Ages.
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Cecily Duchess of York: Kings' Mother and Politician
Historian Joanna Laynesmith explores the life of Cecily, Duchess of York, one of the major players of the Wars of the Roses.
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Henry VII: Treason and Trust
Discover the story of one of England’s unlikeliest monarchs.
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The House of Boleyn
Join bestselling author and historian Tracy Borman as she vividly brings to life the story behind her new novel, The House of Boleyn.
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The Great Resistance: the 400-year fight to end slavery in the Americas
Historian Carrie Gibson tells the epic story of the fight to end slavery.
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1966: the best of times?
60 years on, join us to explore the ups and downs of 1966.
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Pipe Rolls: Cross-Channel Lordship in the Middle Ages
Join us for the annual Pipe Roll Society Lecture.