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  1. Next week we're offering behind the scenes tours as part of #hiddentreasures campaign by @CollectionTrust. For info: ht.ly/biKvH 9:45 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite
  2. We hope everyone enjoys the long bank holiday weekend. Please remember the reading rooms are now closed until 09:00 Wednesday 6 June 9:36 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite
  3. @stickings90 Our collection is mainly govt docs - anything that's a public record. For Public Records Acts history: ht.ly/biIV7 9:32 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite in reply to Stickings90
  4. Have you found any games or toys whilst doing research in #archives? ht.ly/bibKM 4:24 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite
  5. Blog: Helping hedgehogs cross the road - games in the UK Government Web Archive ht.ly/bibsr #archives 4:21 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite
  6. @churchill_alex We're sorry you're experiencing problems here - can we do anything to help? 3:12 AM May 31st via HootSuite in reply to churchill_alex
  7. You’re in luck! We’re #fullofstuff MT @samklai Am at @UkNatArchives to look at, er, stuff. And possibly things. You know, #manuscripts 1:47 AM May 31st via HootSuite
  8. Blog: how a conservator helped rescue Victorian #Jubilee records, using glue made of dried swim bladders ht.ly/bgl3q #archives 1:00 AM May 31st via HootSuite
  9. The National #Archives will be closed over the bank holiday/Jubilee weekend ht.ly/bfcgn 7:36 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  10. MT Simon Demissie & @pearce_ 'New stories & insights into history can be uncovered with technical/mathematical skills' ht.ly/beHeg 1:12 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  11. Today's blog charts the birth of the bicycle industry by extracting data from BT 31 (dissolved companies) ht.ly/beGgb #archives 12:59 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  12. #Openinguparchives project receives additional funding from HLF to guarantee a third year in 2013 ht.ly/bcaTG #archives 9:03 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  13. Book now for The Silken Paper Trail, a free evening event in conversation with two distinguished historians ht.ly/bbWR8 #archives 6:14 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  14. @ammeveleigh Sorry, explanation too long for 140 chtrs - pls can you email web archive? webarchive @ nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk - thanks! 4:25 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to ammeveleigh
  15. Today's blog: A haunting song from an 18th C Haitian plantation - #archives on oral culture from the slave trade ht.ly/bbHX6 1:38 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  • Name National Archives UK
  • Location Kew, London
  • Web http://www.nation...
  • Bio The National Archives is the official archive of the UK government, and is home to over 1,000 years of historical records.
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