BETA

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Welcome to The National Archives
We are the guardians of over 1,000 years of UK government records.

The National Archives' Private Beta

Collection Insights

Learn about the people, themes and events featured in our records, told through words, pictures and audio – discover the human stories behind the collection.
Collection Explorer

A new way to discover collections at The National Archives, through records hand-picked by our experts.
Collection Details

See example pages from The National Archives’ catalogue, including a new way to view digitised records.

Thank you for participating in this Beta programme.

A few things to remember before you start:

You will be viewing an early (Beta) version of our new website.
Please provide regular feedback on your experience via the survey link at the top of each page.
While we hope everything works, you may find some things do not. Contact us via email if you find a broken link, an error page, or are having problems logging in.