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Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history
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Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history Our first education service delivered locally with North East Museums will allow young people in North East England to work with our historic records without having to travel to London.
This new opportunity has been made possible by an exciting partnership ...
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V&A Innovate 2024 – 25 | Overall Winners’ visit to architecture studio V&A Innovate Overall Winners for 2024-25, Manor Church of England Academy, went with V&A Schools & Colleges team members to Sheffield-based Yorkshire Artspace, Persistence Works, as their workshop prize. The student group responded to the theme of ‘Transform’ and designed a ...
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From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love
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From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love Love letters relating to some of the most famous – and sometimes dangerous – love affairs in British history are on show at The National Archives from Saturday, 24 January 2026.
Among the exhibits in a new exhibition, Love Letters, is ...
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The National Archives Welcomes New Directors
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The National Archives Welcomes New Directors  
Tobi Adetimilehin
We are pleased to announce that Tobi Adetimilehin has been appointed Finance Director of The National Archives, and started her  term leading the Finance and Performance teams on 8 December 2025.
Tobi was most recently the Deputy Director Finance lead ...
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Voices from the V&A: Exhibitions of the Circulation Department The Curators’ Lives archive is a collection of oral history interviews with V&A museum professionals from the past (and present). This archive is a door into various museum collections and departments and it allows us...
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Researching the provenance of the V&A’s Ethiopian objects The V&A’s collection includes nearly 200 Ethiopian objects – from metalwork and textiles to photography, manuscripts, and paintings. From September to December 2025, I undertook a three-month Doctoral Placement at the V&A to contribute to...
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Demystifying Jobbing Printing at the National Art Library Currently framing the majestic doors of the National Art Library is a display titled Commercial Graphics of the 1930s which showcases some rather unexpected and unusual items from the library’s collections. The Jobbing Printing Collection...
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The National Archives and RIBA to partner
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The National Archives and RIBA to partner The National Archives and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are pleased to announce a partnership that will ensure the accessibility and preservation of its world-class Drawings and Archives Collections during the interim period between the conclusion of the V&A+RIBA ...
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Armour and Lace: Women Photographers in 19th-Century Institutions Photography within museums is most often understood through the lens of art history, as a creative or aesthetic practice. Yet, photography also functions as a crucial institutional instrument—an apparatus through which museums and institutions document,...
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Going down the rabbit hole: revisiting the Nabaztag  I am often thinking about the legacies of our digital devices. Objects like the first generation iPhone, the original Amazon Echo smart speaker, and the Minitel are all objects found within the V&A’s collection. Some...
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The National Art Library’s blossoming digital collection Thanks to the National Art Library’s ongoing digitisation efforts, many out-of-copyright items from the library’s collection are now available on the Internet Archive. As part of one of the Library Apprentices’ final projects, a handful...
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More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule
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More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule More than 600 documents have been released by the Cabinet Office today under the 20-year rule. Most are correspondence and work on government policies during Sir Tony Blair’s Labour administration 2004-2005.
They include a file about Kim Philby’s archive and another ...
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Christmas 1604 ledger shows Shakespeare top of the bill
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Christmas 1604 ledger shows Shakespeare top of the bill A set of accounts from James I’s Master of the Revels which record one of the first performances of Shakespeare’s Othello in the run-up to Christmas 1604 will be on show at The National Archives from 12 January-5 February.
Edward Tilney’s ...
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Parliament’s Archive Collections Now Accessible at The National Archives
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Parliament’s Archive Collections Now Accessible at The National Archives From today, visitors to The National Archives can request access to records from Parliament’s Archive which are now housed at Kew.
The Beaverbrook Library Collections which has historically been the most requested set of records, will be available first. It comprises ...
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Rare chance to see Jane Austen’s will in Love Letters exhibition
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Rare chance to see Jane Austen’s will in Love Letters exhibition Two hundred and fifty years after her birth on 16 December 1775, Jane Austen fans will have a rare chance to see her will in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening on 24 January.
The novelist was only 41 when ...
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Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition
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Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition A passionate plea for clemency from Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas goes on show in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening in January.
The letter addressed to Queen Victoria on 25 June 1895 begs her to exercise her “power ...
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Le Lupe di Roma La Lupa Capitolina, conservata nei Musei Capitolini, è una scultura in bronzo del V sec. a.C., realizzata con tecnica della cera persa che raffigura una lupa che ha da poco partorito, come indicano… Continua a leggere →
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
MUSEO DELLA REPUBBLICA ROMANA E DELLA MEMORIA GARIBALDINA Ormai da anni la Sovrintendenza Capitolina mette a disposizione dei cittadini e dei turisti spazi espositivi e collezioni d’arte ad entrata gratuita con l’intento di promuovere la conoscenza e la fruizione di realtà… Continua a leggere →
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
MUSEO CASAL DE’ PAZZI Ormai da anni la Sovrintendenza Capitolina mette a disposizione dei cittadini e dei turisti spazi espositivi e collezioni d’arte ad entrata gratuita con l’intento di promuovere la conoscenza e la fruizione di realtà… Continua a leggere →
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