Information for searchroom visitors: searchroom closure for lift replacement summer/autumn 2013
- UPDATE 26/4/13: The Parliamentary Archives' public searchroom will be closed for several months during summer/autumn 2013, to allow for replacement of the lift in the Victoria Tower repository. The closure is likely to be for four months. Dates have not yet been finalised, but we are regularly reviewing the situation, and are now taking bookings for June. We are currently not taking any searchroom bookings between 1 July - 1 November 2013. Please see more information and Frequently Asked Questions.
- Please note all visitors to the Parliamentary Archives searchroom are required to book in advance and carry photographic identification.
New filming and licence permission forms
There are new forms, including new charges, for recording and filming in the archives, and for using still images of archives in broadcasts, on the Information for the Media pages.
There is also a new form, and revised charges, for the use of still images in non-broadcast formats eg. publications, merchandise, exhibitions, websites and other multimedia. Please see our Citation and Copyright pages for further information.
Annual Review 2011-2012
Parliamentary Archives Annual Review 2011-2012
YouTube, Facebook and Twitter
The Parliamentary Archives has a YouTube playlist on Parliament's YouTube channel, and is on Facebook and Twitter. Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the minute updates about what the Parliamentary Archives is doing.
Parliamentary Archives on 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
Did you see us on 'Who Do You Think You Are?' recently? Celia Imrie came and traced her ancestor William Lord Russell in our records.
Victoria Tower Treasures from the Parliamentary Archives
To mark the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Tower, the Archives has highlighted 150 treasures from amongst the three million historic records of both Houses of Parliament in a new publication.
Available online from the Parliamentary Bookshop or in person from the Parliamentary Bookshop (tel: 020 7219 3890) or the Parliamentary Archives searchroom. Price £12.99.
Read a blog review of Victoria Tower Treasures
