Inviting responses The survey was open to responses between 8 January 2024 and 15 March 2024, to give people an appropriate amount of time to respond. Visitor numbers While respondents reported that ...

On 30 November 1601, Elizabeth addressed 141 Members of the House of Commons (including the Speaker) in what would be her last Parliament. Her speech was expected to address their concerns about ...

The Association was the group which looked after the interests of local government. Following a conversation with the President and Secretary of the British Board of Film Censors, the latter has ...

The unit war diaries (record series WO 95) represent one of the most popular collections held by The National Archives. War diaries were kept for two main reasons: to provide an accurate record of ...

The award of accreditation is made by the Archive Service Accreditation Panel. Archive services can be awarded either full or provisional accredited status. Find out more about the award of full and ...

More than 81% of The National Archives’ collections are made from paper. This includes tagged files, flat maps and plans, rolls, bundles, volumes and artworks. During manufacture, wood or other ...

In this blog, Olivia Gecseg explains the work that a team of volunteers started earlier this year, transcribing records of design copyright registrations for the period 1884–1888, from volumes known ...

This blog is about a recently completed project to catalogue by name all the ships appearing in the series WO 435, Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Ships’ Cards. James Cronan is the ...

In the final week of November each year we hold Catalogue Week, a celebration of projects and initiatives currently taking place at The National Archives. You can explore all of our Catalogue Week ...

Imaging of documents using a hand-held camera, smartphone, tablet, or laptop is permitted in the reading rooms. It is important to remember that when imaging documents, good handling takes priority, ...

The annual Accessions to Repositories Survey seeks to provide insights into archival collecting practices across the UK. 245 archive services participated in the 2023 survey, reporting more than ...