Suttons floral display at the Chelsea Flower Show, 1958 – a grass bath runs through beds containing a vast variation of flower types.
We are thrilled to announce, with our partners The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust & the Wolfson Foundation that #ArchivesRevealed has awarded 14 cataloguing grants, and a consortium grant!
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📷 Royal Horticultural Society
A wide shot of a construction site where the refurbished and redesigned buildings of The Box, Plymouth would eventually stand.
These new case studies – developed to support the work of The Major Archive Projects Learning Exchange – are ideal for archive services considering a capital development project!
Share with your colleagues and let us know what you think: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
© The Box
A man is plugging a wire into a stereo system. In front of him, are various pieces of sound and television production equipment.
Join us online for an impact seminar and hear how Kirklees Local TV (KLTV) builds inclusive and meaningful partnership with local communities and heritage organisations!
📆 Thursday 19 March (12:00 – 13:00)
Book you place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-sem...
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Keen to learn how heritage science can help you improve access and interpretation of your collections?
Join our in-person workshop at Durham University to hear how the RICHeS programme can support you!
📆 Tuesday 10 March
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... (1/2)
Two people work at a computer monitor resizing scanned photographs on the screen.
Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available!
These events cover sustainability action planning, community engagement, criminal justice records, heritage science and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Book now to avoid disappointment!
A white rectangular cake with the 'Accredited Archive Service' logo branded into the icing.
John Sheridan presents an accreditation certificate to Cllr Nadia Cenci in a lecture theatre.
John Sheridan, Cllr Nadia Cenci and Judith Berry stand in a lecture theatre, stand in a line smiling for the camera. Berry holds up the accreditation certificate.
Twelve white cup cakes - half are branded with the 'Accredited Archive Service' logo, the other half have 'Suffolk Archives' printed on them.
On Friday, our Chief Digital and Information Officer John Sheridan presented Cllr Nadia Cenci, Suffolk County Council, and Judith Berry from Suffolk Archives with a certificate marking their retention of accredited status!
Congratulations to everyone at @suffolkarchives.bsky.social!
Great opportunity to be involved in something new at The National Archives, based in my department but collaborating across the organisation and the wider archive sector.
Regional Loans Programme Coordinator:
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
An archivist, wearing a yellow cardigan, stands in a repository removing a cardboard box from a long line of shelves which hold almost identical cardboard boxes.
Join us on 25 March for our next online lunchtime event exploring how archives can engage with difficult records through people-centred and trauma-informed practices!
This month’s theme: Working with criminal justice records
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...
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We’re pleased to announce that 17 digital projects are underway for the 2026 peer mentoring programme!
Mentees are matched with an experienced digital professional and work with them over 6 months to shape and develop a digital project for their archive…
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
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Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available!
These events cover sustainability action planning, community engagement, manorial records, heritage science and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Book now to avoid disappointment!
Manorial Court Roll from Crown Manor of Perching, Sussex 1849
📣Calling archive professionals
Join us on 17 & 24 March for a two-part online introduction to manorial records: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...
No previous knowledge of manorial documents or Latin required!
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Keen to share your thoughts on our 3-year digital capacity building strategy?
We’ve commissioned consultant Simon Wilson to run an independent series of focus group discussions on Our Digital Century and Novice to Know-How!
Find out more and sign up for a session: simonpwilson.com/client-area/...
Four students in school uniform stand in a line in front of a glass exhibition cabinet and a labelled poster of a world map.
We’re seeking a supplier, with significant experience of archives and public engagement work, to create a new toolkit to help archives run engagement sessions for schools about archive careers!
Find out more and apply here by Wednesday 25 February: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/QW5177/
Get in touch with us by Friday if you’re interested in presenting at our fundraising webinar: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EJERFR/
All you need to apply is a brief description of an income-generating initiative your archive has successfully implemented 📈
Five people stand in front of a wall of book shelves talking. Two of the people appear to be in fancy dress. One man wears a top hat, long black coat, cravat and golden pocket watch. Another woman wears a Victorian era blue dress.
Communities can now make submissions, detailing their traditions and heritage practices, to the Inventories of Living Heritage: livingheritage.unesco.org.uk
Archives are a key safeguarding resource for documenting intangible heritage and can be cited in submissions as a key source of information!
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CLOSING IN 2 WEEKS 🚨
Share your experiences of Our Digital Century, The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, and help influence the future of digital capacity building in the sector: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/
Four Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses carrying an injured person on a stretcher during the Blitz in 1941
We’ve published a new collection of case studies showcasing the value and impact of charity archives: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Includes contributions from practitioners and organisations working across the archive and voluntary sectors! (1/2)
📷British Red Cross Museum and Archive
Today we launch new AI guidelines to help galleries, libraries, archives and museums prepare for the future - read more here: www.archives.org.uk/news/new-ai-...
A record keeper, wearing a rainbow lanyard and glasses, stands inside a strongroom repository removing a vinyl sleeve from a cardboard box.
Are you a community group, museum, library, gallery or archive looking to test concepts, build partnerships, or pilot activities? Apply for a Seed Corn Grant from the ‘Spaces, Places and Belonging’ Community Hub by Friday 17 April: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)
The front garden to a large red brick building. A row of trees and daffodils lead up to the building. Illustrated information boards also stand in a row leading up to the building.
Are you certified Carbon Literate by the Carbon Literacy Trust?
Join your fellow Carbon Literate colleagues at tomorrow’s Connect and Collaborate session to discuss challenges you’ve faced and share solutions: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connect-an...
🗓️Tuesday 3 February (10–11.30am)
Close-up of hands holding a small booklet titled “London: Poems on the Underground,” featuring a black line illustration of a domed landmark on the cover, with a blurred indoor background and a card with blue flowers resting on the table below.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground!
The archive of this beloved literary project was donated to Cambridge University Library in 2024.
The Poems on the Underground collection has been catalogued and is available for consultation.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/CkKUpV4
Three people sit at a table covered with documents and boxes of records. The two people nearest to the camera have a spreadsheet open on a laptop.
The 2025 Accessions to Repositories Survey closes on Monday!
Your responses lend us crucial insight into collecting practices and help us highlight the achievements of your archives!
Any questions? ⬇️
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
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Calling archivists, researchers & heritage professionals!
Join us online on Wednesday 25 February (1PM) to learn about the responsibilities and considerations involved when providing access to records related to traumatic histories:
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...
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A person sits at a desk in a dark room making high resolution photographic copies on a computer.
CLOSING NEXT WEEK 🚨
Send us your feedback on The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, Our Digital Century, that ends this year! Your responses will help us evaluate the programme and ensure future initiatives meet the sector’s needs: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/ (1/2)
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The Spaces, Places and Belonging: Community Hub has awarded its first round of skills bursaries. Congratulations to Dr Lee Karen Stow, Sheffield Feminist Archive, Perry Wood Primary School & Colonel Scott L. Pileckas!
Read about their projects here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)
Sign up for our FNL Briefing (free, online) on March 11 on Acceptance in Lieu, the Cultural Gifts Scheme & Private Treaty Sales. Speakers include Anastasia Tennant, Mark Purcell & Joan Winterkorn
(huge thanks to @rluk.ac.uk for helping make this possible)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fnl-briefi...
10 people stand in a rough line smiling for the camera. They stand in front of a shelf with large books and a pendulum wall clock. The person in the centre holds up an accreditation certificate.
On Friday, our Chief Curator, Emmajane Avery, attended York Minster Library and Archives to present the archivist and collections team with the archive’s first accreditation certificate!
Congratulations to everyone at @yorkminster.bsky.social!
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Applications are open for Scoping Grants worth £3000!
Apply by 19 February to have an independent consultant produce an expert collections report on a full or partial archival collection.
Apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/2)
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Has your archive successfully generated income using practical and creative initiatives?
Apply to be a speaker in our fundraising webinar series by 31 January: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EJERFR/
This is a fantastic way to showcase your brilliant work and share best practice with the wider sector!
Still open, till end of next week. Can you be part of taking the sector standard forward for the next few years? Bring your ideas and experience, and form part of a really impactful UK archives programme.
