Discovery is our platform that provides a single point of online access to catalogue and organisational data from across the archive sector. You can still access the data from our annual Accessions to ...

The National Archives is home to millions of historical documents, known as records, which were created and collected by UK central government departments and major courts of law. For example, we have ...

Edward VIII became king following the death of his father, George V. He abdicated the throne in order to marry divorcee Wallis Simpson and became known as the Duke of Windsor. Fort Belvedere is a ...

To mark LGBTQ+ History Month, The National Archives brings to you the first instalment of a new online broadcast event: History Mysteries! Join us as we go on an adventure to uncover the mystery ...

While respondents reported that their archives were open most weeks of the year, they were only open for 21 to 22 hours a week on average, the equivalent of three days out of seven. This inevitably ...

The National Archives (UK) is launching the first-ever annual survey of the UK’s archive sector in partnership with National Records Scotland, the Scottish Council on Archives, Welsh Government, ...

As part of our leadership role, we’re here to support the archives sector with advice and guidance. If you have a query, please feel free to email us or to get in contact with a member of our expert ...

Following a recent Archive Service Accreditation Panel, the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that the following archive services have been awarded accredited status ...

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 ...

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 ...