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 ...

Inviting responses The survey was open to responses between 8 January 2024 and 15 March 2024, to give people an appropriate amount of time to respond. Visitor numbers While respondents reported that ...

We know that archives often have a small number of staff and the survey confirmed this, with the majority of respondents saying they only had the full-time equivalent of zero to two members of staff.

This data will help to prove the value of archives, both locally and nationally. It also helps archive services to benchmark their work. This survey enables sector leadership organisations in each of ...

While Learned Societies appear to have an average of 3.75 % of their collections unlisted, the survey suggests that Arts Organisations, Museums/Galleries and Schools/Colleges have over a fifth of ...

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, ...

The Association was the group which looked after the interests of local government. Following a conversation with the President and Secretary of the British Board of Film Censors, the latter has ...

As we work concurrently across multiple large scale and time pressured projects, we take a pragmatic approach to conservation treatment. We apply treatments en-masse, conserving only when the text or ...

Our team supports the mass digitisation programme of The National Archives’ collections, enabling access to our collections online. We deliver this support through a range of activities, which include ...

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 ...

The best way to contact the Loans Team is to use the following email address: [email protected]. Section 2(4)(g) of the Public Records Act 1958 empowers The National Archives to ...

Photograph of a working class family group: Mr and Mrs Lowe and son (Mr Lowe is holding the goose) with Mr and Mrs Harvey and others, 1901 (COPY 1/450 f.3) ...