National Archives in England to re-open from April 27th

The National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) at Kew, England, is to re-open from April 27th. The following is the opening part of the archive's announcement:

Preparing to re-open our reading rooms in April
Thursday 1 April 2021

We are pleased to confirm that we are planning to re-open our reading rooms on Tuesday 27 April, in Step 2 of the government roadmap out of lockdown.

When our reading rooms re-open, our services will include:

- Over 100 reading room places per day, five days a week (Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00-14:50)
- 12 documents per day limit, plus three reserve documents in case of unavailability
- Two-day places available for visitors wishing to research bulk document orders (between 20 and 40 documents from the same catalogue series)
- Supplementary research resources, including finding aids, microfilm/fiche and library materials, available to pre-order
- Staffed enquiry desks and access to computers for visitors using the reading rooms.

All visitors must continue to book their visit and order their documents in advance. This helps us to maintain the safety measures that remain in place, including document quarantine and social distancing.

Our priority will be to give access to as many people as possible and demand is likely to be high. We will therefore initially be asking visitors to book a maximum of two visits in a rolling four-week period. We will keep this limit, and all of our arrangements, under regular review.

We will provide further details about our re-opening, including details of how to book, through our website and social media channels.

For more information on the archive's re-opening plans, visit https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/coronavirus-update/

Note that access to digital records on the TNA website will remain free of charge whilst reading room services are limited.

Chris

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