The Churchill Archives Centre

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The Churchill Archives Centre is a world-leading collection of 20th Century history.

Getting started

Frequently asked questions on visiting the Archives Centre, our collections, and obtaining and using copies from the archives.

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Visit us

A practical guide to visiting and using the Archives Centre, including opening hours, services, access guidelines and rules.

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Our collections

Discover a wide range of documents by more than 570 political, military & scientific luminary figures from the Churchill era and beyond.

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Where to find general contact details for the Archives Centre as well as for individual members of staff. .

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Events & exhibitions

Details of our upcoming public programme of events, current and past exhibitions as well as our online exhibitions and resources.

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Education

Our collections are a valuable resource for students at all levels. We are happy to receive school groups as well as individual students and teachers.

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News & blog posts

Stay up to date with the latest news from the Archives Centre and explore our collections through our blog posts.

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Image gallery

A range of our collections are available to view on the Churchill Archives Centre Flickr account.

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Clementine Spencer-Churchill Papers, CSCT 5/4/91

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The Churchill Archives Centre relies on the support and generosity of trusts and individuals.

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About the Archives Centre

The Centre exists to preserve and make available the raw material of our recent past.

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Stay up to date with history

Take a look at the latest Archives blog entries below.

RT @HeidiEgginton: Really looking forward to hearing Amanda Jones, ace writer and wonderful colleague, discuss her new monograph in the Chu…

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#OTD in 1959, Winston Churchill visited the site of the future Churchill College and planted two trees. This is a p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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RT @MeetCambridge: You can still see this tree @ChurchillCol They also have a fabulous permanent exhibition of their founder, right next to…

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Women’s scrapbooks on political and diplomatic activity, 1890-1939

The view from the reading room, by our guest blogger, Cherish Watton.

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RT @ChurchillCol: Fantastic event at the 'Churchill’s Shakespeare' exhibition @FolgerLibrary last night — organised by @cantabusa and @ChuA…

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The Papers of John Burns Hynd

John Burns Hynd, the man behind the papers

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Churchill’s Shakespeare

A major exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library explores the influence of Shakespeare on Churchill's writing and ideas

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Archives Centre visitor survey 2018

Churchill Archives Centre is undertaking a survey of visitors in October and November 2018.

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Campaigning for an Independent Britain: The Papers of Nigel Spearing MP

A collection of the passionately Eurosceptic Labour MP’s papers have now been fully catalogued

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Don't miss Amanda Jones introducing her book 'Bringing up War Babies' tomorrow evening at 5.30pm in the Jock Colvil… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Cold War tensions, UFOs, and a whole lot more! What you can expect from the Hill-Norton (HLNN) collection.

One of our newest collections, the papers of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Hill-Norton: from nuclear weapons to UFOs ...

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The 2 trees that Winston Churchill planted #OTD in 1959, photographed today @ChurchillCol (an Oak Tree and a Mulber… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Safeguarding millions of historic documents, the Churchill Archives Centre preserves history in the raw — a place where the modern history of Britain is open and accessible to all.