Schneier on Security

Clive Robinson • April 23, 2012 7:51 AM

The Nattional Archives at Kew are unfortunatly required under current UK policy to attempt to “cover their costs” from their resources so they tend not to put as much on line as they might otherwise do.

If you want to know more on getting copies etc,

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help/faqs.htm#faq3a

And yes it does say 167,000 meters of shelf space in that FAQ, if you ever visit the buildings from the outside you get that “throw back” feeling as though you have just steped on a “Blake’s Seven” or “Dr Who” film location representing a hedquaters of a totalitarian government.

And yes it’s most definatly worth a vist I’ve found it actually very nice and much more welcoming than the British Library up in central London.

You don’t need to book but for some documents you should check ahead as to their availability and in what form as you might need to have a readers card for seeing documentss in the original form

They also do events and themes, as you would expect they currently have stuff up on display about the Titanic.

Any way if you do plan to visit start with this link,

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/visit/default.htm