Museums and Archives

National Archives
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archives has one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from the Domesday Book to government papers recently released to the public.

See also the NA ‘Learning Curve’ website at www.learningcurve.pro.gov.uk Learning Curve is an on-line teaching resource, structured to tie in with the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. It contains a varied range of original sources including documents, photographs, film and sound recordings.

London’s Transport Museum
www.ltmuseum.co.uk
London’s Transport Museum preserves and displays important collections reflecting all aspects of the history of public transport in London. These constitute the most comprehensive group of historic urban transport items in the world.

The 24 Hour Museum
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk
This is the national ‘virtual’ museum, gateway to over 2,500 museums, archives and heritage attractions. See also the 24 Hour Museum’s Kids’ Zone, called ‘Show Me’: www.show.me.uk

History Detectives
www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives
An exciting site with ‘history mysteries’ and classroom resources.

Moving Here
www.movinghere.org.uk
This is a database of digitised photographs, maps, objects, documents and audio items recording migration experiences of the past 200 years.
See the ‘Stories’ section on this site, which features the use of archival materials as stimuli for writing and submitting stories about migration experiences.