Keeper’s Gallery: the Treaty of Versailles
This is a new series of blog posts on The Keeper’s Gallery, the onsite exhibition space at The National Archives. Each post will feature a document that has recently gone on...
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: registered designs
Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display of the registered design series held here at The National Archives. The registered design series The National Archives holds the records of almost...
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: Prize Papers
Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display related to the High Court of Admiralty Prize Papers which are held here at The National Archives. The High Court of Admiralty (HCA) Prize...
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: Storage chests
An on-going feature in the Keeper’s Gallery that I wanted to highlight to are three large chests. When documents were transferred to the Public Record Office (now The National Archives)...
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: 50th anniversary of Churchill’s death
Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display to mark the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s death at the age of 90 on 24 January 1965. Churchill was Prime Minister...
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: Women in Second World War art
Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting women represented in original artwork from the Second World War. These artworks are being shown in the gallery to mark the 70th...
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: Magna Carta
Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting the 800th anniversary of the granting of Magna Carta (also known as the Charter of Liberties or Great Charter), a document which...
View Article‘I trust it will be the last battle we shall any of us see’: remembering...
In the middle of the First World War centenary period we find ourselves marking the bicentenary of the end of the original Great War – the one fought between 1793...
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: Newfoundland – Empire in the First World War
Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting Newfoundland during the First World War. Newfoundland Colony was an English colony established in 1610 off the Atlantic coast of Canada....
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745
Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745. The Jacobites supported the restoration of the Stuart line to the thrones of England, Scotland...
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: Battle of Britain 1940
Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting the Battle of Britain in 1940. The Battle of Britain was fought between the air forces of Britain and Germany during the...
View ArticleExploring Michael Faraday’s life and career
Faraday appears in various records in our collection; they provide insights into his family history and career...
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