Accredited Archives

The Archive Service Accreditation is the UK wide standard scheme for archive services. Established in 2013 and operated by the National Archives, the scheme is open to any archive service that meets the eligibility criteria. 

The standard defines good practice and identifies agreed standards, thereby encouraging and supporting development. It replaces The National Archives' Standard for Record Repositories and its self assessment programme for local authority archives in England and Wales. The scheme offers a badge of external recognition and endorsement of their service.

Archive Service Accreditation is central to the Archives for the 21st Century priority to develop more effective services and increase sustainability within the sector.

The standard defines good practice and identifies agreed standards, thereby encouraging and supporting development. The standard is aligned with other relevant quality assurance schemes, improvement tools and data gathering processes.

Archive Service Accreditation:

  • is a UK wide quality standard which offers a benchmark for gauging performance, recognising achievement and driving improvement with the archives sector
  • raises the profile of archive services by building confidence and credibility both within the parent organisations and externally, through increased awareness and understanding
  • helps archive services adapt and respond to user needs and interests, and develop their workforce
  • encourages partnership working within and between organisations, by helping archive services to examine how best to deliver their services
  • provides a robust framework for forward planning to improve procedures and policy and reduce organisational risk
  • is a badge of external recognition which demonstrates quality services
  • encourages professionalism in the archives sector

It is aimed at organisations that hold archive collections, whatever their constitution, and covers both private and public sector archives. It enables archive services to review and develop their policies, plans and procedures against a UK wide standard which has been developed by the archives sector, identifying strengths of the archive service and providing a framework to improve areas of weakness.

Over 20 archives have already been accredited and more are going through the process to be assessed each year. You can use the accreditation to filter a search by selecting it in the Accreditations section of the Search List Filters.

 

Please see the full list of Accreditation Archives Below:

Falkirk Archives

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Libraries / Archives
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Falkirk Archives is located in the oak-panelled Victorian library of Callendar House, and is the place to come to find out about the history of Falkirk district or to start your family history research. Local archives and photographs are held here, and may be viewed by the public. Most aspects of local life are covered, from valuation and electoral rolls to old newspapers, from school records to town council minutes, from foundry catalogues to church bazaar programmes, and all sorts of things in between.

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London Metropolitan Archives

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Libraries / Archives
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We are home to an extraordinary range of documents, images, maps, films and books about London. On this site you can find out about the archives we hold, and get practical advice on how to use them.

We run a wide variety of talks, guided tours, film screenings, exhibitions and other events, and you can find out more about these as well as the latest updates from the archives on our news and events page.

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Glamorgan Archives

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Libraries / Archives
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Glamorgan Archives collects, preserves and makes accessible documents relating to the geographical area it serves, as detailed in its collection policy, and maintains the corporate memory of its constituent authorities

We can help you to....
- trace the history of your family, your town, village or house
- carry out research for a school, college or evening course

Our electronic catalogue contains descriptions of over 180,000 items in our collections and is regularly updated with descriptions of new collections we receive and new catalogues we create.

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Media Archive of Central England

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Libraries / Archives
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The Media Archive for Central England (MACE) is the screen archive for the Midlands.

Connect with the culture and history of the Midlands through film, videotape and digital moving images. View over 4,000 clips from a library of 45,000 titles.

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Cumbria Archive Service

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Libraries / Archives
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Curious to find out more about your family history? Your house? Your town or village? Your industrial history? 

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The National Archives, Kew

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Libraries / Archives
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The National Archives looks after the UK government’s documents. It holds records dating back nearly 1,000 years from the time of William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book to the present day. Some very famous documents created by some of the most important and significant people in the past are kept here, including Shakespeare’s will, Guy Fawkes’ signed confession and the 1225 version of Magna Carta.

The range of documents includes letters, reports, newspapers, photographs, maps, posters and even a mummified rat.

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Unilever Archive

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Libraries / Archives
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Located in Port Sunlight, the historic home of Unilever in the UK, the Unilever archives are amongst the most important collections of business records in the world.

The high standard of the archive has been recognised by The National Archives (TNA) and through receipt of “Designated Status” by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) for both the Unilever and United Africa Company collections, which recognises the archive as being of international significance.

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Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

Touch History at The Hive
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Libraries / Archives
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Come to Explore the Past at The Hive and touch history on our multi-touch table which showcases the resources we have for you to research and enjoy in the building and which highlights heritage sites throughout Worcestershire.

We are working with Birmingham University Digital Heritage Project to explore ways of using the table to help visitors to The Hive. The table allows you to move images around the screen with your hands. It is also possible for small groups to explore the table together.

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Special Collections, University of Bradford

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Libraries / Archives
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Home to over 100 collections of rare books and archives on the history of the University, Bradford, Yorkshire, history, politics, literature, archaeology and much more, our best-known being the Archive of J.B.

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Barts Health NHS Trust Museum and Archive

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Museums
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St Bartholemew's is the largest NHS Trust in the UK serving a population of 2.5 million in east London and beyond and our hospitals have long and important histories.

They each have maintained a distinguished medical and nursing tradition throughout their history and claim many eminent physicians and surgeons amongst their past and present alumni and staff.

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