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We are pleased to announce the arrival of Archie at The National Archives. ‘Archives Archie’ is the soft toy mascot of TNA’s Education Team. Archie was the idea of our vice chairman, Dr Tony Wakeford, who suggested that a mascot would help the more junior pupils connect with the history stored at Kew. Simon Wilkes won…

If so, and you can spare some time (on a regular or occasional basis), you could be just the person we need to be part of our team that supplies volunteers to help with various functions at The National Archives. These include stewarding at conferences, helping with family days and other TNA and Friends events,…

Last week we presented Collection Care with two specialist books with funds we had ring-fenced for them from a previous Friends’ activity: Susanne Krause, Decorated Paper – A guide book and Philippe Dillmann, Nano Science and Cultural Heritage.  

We are very pleased to report that the Somme Tales film project, which the Friends funded last year, has won the MEDEA Awards 2017 in Brussels. This was after having been selected as a finalist from over 100 entries from 26 countries, with a high quality of entries this year. The Friends’ would like to warmly congratulate…

Yesterday members of the Friends’ Council met with the Independent Cinema Office and staff members from The National Archives to discuss the possibilities for screening a new series of archive films at Friends’ sponsored events at The National Archives. The films highlight various aspects of life in Britain, primarily during the first half of the 20th century. The…

The Forgotten Wrecks research team, part of the Maritime Archaeology Trust, are research group members of the Friends. To highlight their research work at Kew (WW1 wrecks along the south coast), and supporting The National Archives’ 2017 World War 1 theme of the war at sea and in the air, they have kindly provided an information…