News - posts from 2025

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• New accreditation awards to archive services

  

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  6 August 2025

  The Science and Industry Museum and the North Lanarkshire Archives have been accredited for the first time.

• Experts sought for The Manorial and Tithe Documents Panel

  

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  6 August 2025

  New members are being sought for a panel which advises The Master of the Rolls on historical documents related to the manorial system and tithes.

• Latest release of Cabinet Office and Prime Ministers’ papers

  

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  22 July 2025

  We have digitised 200 files which have been released by the Cabinet Office.

• Emotions in the archives: study scoops international award

  

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  17 July 2025

  The editors of a ground-breaking new study about emotions and archives which includes work by a researcher at The National Archives has won a prestigious award.

• 3D models help visually impaired students dive into history

  

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  10 July 2025

  We are launching a new workshop for students who are blind and visually impaired, using a technique that transforms flat documents into 3D models.

• Medieval experts reveal how they found Harvard’s Magna Carta

  

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  25 June 2025

  The National Archives hosted an evening with the medieval experts who recently discovered a ‘copy’ of the Magna Carta was actually an extremely rare original.

• New windows for first floor

  

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  12 June 2025

  Work to replace the windows in the 1970s part of our building continues and from Monday 16 June will move to the first floor.

• Human cost of working on the railways revealed in database

  

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  4 June 2025

  A new public database listing records about railway accidents is being launched at The National Archives on Thursday 5 June to coincide with Volunteers Week.

• Katrina scoops LHVA award in Volunteers’ Week

  

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  2 June 2025

  A volunteer at The National Archives has won a London Heritage Volunteer Award (LHVA) for her outstanding work.

• Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announces new members of public records advisory body

  

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  30 May 2025

  Seven new members have been appointed to the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, the independent body which advises the government on access to p

• Happy & Glorious: Coronation art exhibition goes on show

  

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  8 May 2025

  Stunning new artwork commissioned by the Government Art Collection to mark the Coronation has gone on show in our Happy & Glorious exhibition.

• Mandatory bag checks introduced for all visitors

  

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  23 April 2025

  Starting 29 April 2025, we are introducing new security measures to safeguard our visitors, staff and to protect our collections.