Subscribe
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, A Blast Furnace CO 956/260
Subscribe
Latest posts
100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth, 18 July 1918
Nelson Mandela was born at Mvezo, a village near Umtata, Transkei (now Eastern Cape) on 18 July 1918 into the royal lineage of the Thembu people. In this remote... read more
The Home Guard
In June 1940, following a scrambled evacuation of troops at Dunkirk, the Second World War was brought home to Britain. As Hitler’s Luftwaffe initiated its bom... read more
Where do I start my research?
Here at The National Archives, we are asked questions covering a huge range of research topics. Sitting behind our enquiries desk, it can be quite daunting as m... read more
Posts by category
What’s new in UK archives?
Whether it be a gigabyte of data, a single file or 230 boxes of papers, UK archives actively collect records to enable stories of the past to be told. By managi... read more
Archive Service Accreditation: refreshed and reopened for business
I’m so pleased to say that a refreshed Archive Service Accreditation reopens today, almost exactly five years from the first publication of the standard in Ju... read more
‘That Point of Land Opposite’: Kowloon and the founding of Hong Kong
Over the past couple of months, The National Archives has been putting online our record series FO 17, Foreign Office correspondence for China between 1815 and... read more
The Home Guard
In June 1940, following a scrambled evacuation of troops at Dunkirk, the Second World War was brought home to Britain. As Hitler’s Luftwaffe initiated its bom... read more
A new look for The National Archives’ shop
Over the last May Bank Holiday there was banging and crashing in The National Archives as we worked refresh the layout of the shop. If you have not visited yet... read more
Digitising images on seal moulds: an exciting resource
Our Collection Care department is giving a new lease of life to a set of 19th and 20th century moulds of seals. This collection of over 6,500 moulds includes de... read more
Trustworthy technology: the future of digital archives
If you wanted to watch one of your old video tapes, would you be able to? Do you still watch your DVD collection, or do you prefer to stream movies now? The tec... read more
Data Protection law changes – help us to help you
By the end of May, the new Data Protection Bill is expected to pass into law, replacing the Data Protection Act 1998. This follows new privacy legislation at Eu... read more
Digital archiving: the seven pillars of metadata
Two of the key challenges facing The National Archives in the digital age are the need to provide new ways of accessing digital archival records the desire to... read more
100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth, 18 July 1918
Nelson Mandela was born at Mvezo, a village near Umtata, Transkei (now Eastern Cape) on 18 July 1918 into the royal lineage of the Thembu people. In this remote... read more
Where do I start my research?
Here at The National Archives, we are asked questions covering a huge range of research topics. Sitting behind our enquiries desk, it can be quite daunting as m... read more
Behind the scenes of organising an exhibition: Modern Brazilian Paintings (1944)
Recently, the Sala Brasil Arts Centre at the Embassy of Brazil hosted the exhibition ‘The Art of Diplomacy: Brazilian Modernism Painted for War‘. I... read more
Exploring new ways of visualising The National Archives’ First World War diaries
Since 2014, The National Archives has been opening up our collection of handwritten First World War diaries, which document the story of the British Army and... read more
Digitising images on seal moulds: an exciting resource
Our Collection Care department is giving a new lease of life to a set of 19th and 20th century moulds of seals. This collection of over 6,500 moulds includes de... read more
Machine learning in the archives
At our site at Kew, and in deep storage in a salt mine in Cheshire, The National Archives holds a total of around 200 kilometres of paper documents spanning al... read more
Recent comments
Tags
archives sector
books
bookshop
collection care
conservation
digital
digital preservation
discovery
explore your archive
family history
first world war
genealogy
government
information management
maps
medieval
my tommy's war
opening up archives
research
second world war
technology
websites
women
women's history
