Our work

Preserving and sharing London's archives requires a broad range of skills and knowledge. Our Collections Advice team lead on the management of our research rooms and research experience.

Archivists and Archive Officers working within our Collections Knowledge and Development team assess and bring in new acquisitions, before cataloguing them and making them available for use. Our Collections Care team preserve the collections, managing storage conditions and repairing damaged items. Our Digital Content and Development team create and publish digital content, sharing London's history through our exhibitions and websites.

They all work with colleagues look after our buildings and retrieve documents from our repositories, and our Engagement and Learning team who manage our events and schools programmes.

Our project programme is an essential part of our work at The London Archives. Our projects, which are often generously funded by partners or grant giving bodies provide opportunities to improve collections and services and share them with new and bigger audiences. They also provide opportunities for new project teams to work on new and exisiting collections at The London Archives, developing new skills and knowledge.