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Plan Your Visit to The London Archives
The London Archives is free to visit and everyone is welcome.
Our large, light study and research spaces provide a great environment for researching London's archives or for personal study, with plenty of table space and free Wi-Fi. Our exhibitions and displays are a great way to start exploring London's history and our events, workshops and sessions for schools will bring layers of excitement and interest to your journey into the past.
Anyone can access and use the vast majority of archives in our collections, free of charge. We'll quite literally put history into your hands, whether it's an eighteenth century map or a Victorian workhouse register. If you want to access original documents and images from the archives during your visit you will need to sign up for our History Card, but you won't need one to undertake personal study or visit our exhibitions and events.
New to The London Archives?
If you haven't visited The London Archives before, there are a few key things that it's useful to know. If you want to research original documents and images from the archives you will need a History Card. You don’t need a History Card to visit our exhibitions and events or to research using our computers and library resources.
