Category: Behind the scenes Behind the scenesReflections on autumn through three beautiful scenesTuesday 19 September 2023Enjoy activities inspired by three unique paintings from our collection....Behind the scenesAn interview with artist Ngadi SmartTuesday 12 September 2023We hear from Sierra Leonean artist Ngadi Smart, whose artwork, Windrush Stories is on...Behind the scenesLost in the gutter: mitigating text loss for digitisation projectsWednesday 12 July 2023How our digitisation conservators solved a problem to reveal hidden text....Behind the scenesHandling historic collections: The gloves are still offWednesday 31 May 2023The use of gloves in handling historic collections is a question that arises frequently....Behind the scenesYoung filmmakers at The National ArchivesMonday 24 April 2023Find out about a young people's filmmaking project run at The National Archives....Behind the scenesA little light reading: Reimagining display at The National ArchivesFriday 31 March 2023Our Collection Care team have been investigating where to locate our new initiative....Behind the scenes‘For you, my friend, the war is over’: cataloguing 200,000 prisoner of war recordsMonday 13 March 2023National Archives volunteers have completed a major project to catalogue the personnel cards of...Behind the scenesIntroduction to conservation for digitisationWednesday 22 February 2023The National Archives digitises over 40,000 records every year. Who prepares them?...Behind the scenesDrama and archives: The Bulletin & Persons UnknownFriday 16 December 2022To support further public engagement with our collections, since 2016 we have been leading...Behind the scenesThe trials and tribulations of treasonFriday 2 December 2022The Act of Treason was first written into English law by Parliament in 1352,...Behind the scenesCare and maintenance of The National Archives Library collectionMonday 8 August 2022The National Archives library was established in 1836 to support the work and research...Behind the scenesNew insights into the First World War military nursesTuesday 2 August 2022Since late 2021, an increasingly large group of volunteers has been working its way... 1 2 3 … 37 »
