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Newly discovered Declaration of Independence goes on display for the first time
A rare print of the US Declaration of Independence has gone on display for the first time at The National Archives
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Monday, 28 September 2026
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Animating the archive with Aardman Academy
In February we collaborated with Aardman Academy on a special event for families.
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Wednesday, 9 September 2026
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New shared approach for Wallace letter
Wallace letter returns to The National Archives
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BBC Science & Environment
How cleaning up the air is speeding up global warming - and revealing a bigger problem
A curious online row over this summer's heatwaves points to a wider - and worrying - shift in climate science.
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Friday, 4 September 2026
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Looking beyond words: Exploring the materiality of East and Southeast Asian records
In this blog post, we explore the physical elements of a 19th century Chinese military map and what it tells us about our East and Southeast Asian records.
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Thursday, 3 September 2026
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Identifying cloud files with DROID
In this blog post Sam Palmer explains a new feature created for Digital Record Object Identification (DROID) software and working with cloud files.
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