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History Day 2026

History Day 2026 will take place on Wednesday 18 November at Senate House, London. On this page you can explore online contributions and browse the organisations taking part in the event.

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History Day 2026 Online Contributions

EXILE installation at Kingston Lacy. Credit: National Trust / RCMG / University of Leicester. Image Credit: National Trust images / Steven Haywood

Prejudice & Pride: exploring LGBTQ lives at the National Trust

Introducing Queen Mary Digital Collections

An accession book of the Hellenic and Roman Library recording the author, title class, number of volumes, date of publication, date of vendor, price, and date of receipts in a variety of different handwritings.

Unsung Staff and Dedicated Volunteers: The Labor Force Behind the Library of the Hellenic Society (1901–1937)

Vita Sackville-West's desk at Sissinghurst Castle Garden with photos of Virginia Woolf and Harold Nicholson | © National Trust Images/Jonathan Buckley

Exploring LGBTQ+ Histories at National Trust Places

Old paper, uniquely folded with handwritten messages and drawn images of hearts and branches.

Treasures of Teesside Archives Exhibition

Scroll with Latin Text from the Magna Carta online exhibition.

A Magna Carta Miscellany

Homo sapiens: Classifying the Human Animal exhibition poster.

What is it to be Human? | A Virtual Exhibition Tour

Photograph of the exterior of E.M. Barraud's cottage in Cambridgeshire.

"I am the farm worker going home at evening": gender fluidity, rural landscapes, and the Women's Land Army

Gold background with white writing The Women's Library at 100.

The Women's Library at 100

Old black and white photograph of man testing air quality.

Marvellous Maureen

Specimen of Trochus perspectivus.

Our Digitised Collections

Article from The Post Office Magazine December 1960 about the appointment of Sant Singh Shattar as a postman.

Postal Uniforms: The case of Sant Singh Shattar

Women telephonists operating a switchboard with steel helmets, 1939-45 (POST 56/14).

Invisible Labour: The Women Who Kept Wartime Telecommunications Running

Open page of the Parish Records with French text in grey scale.

A few archival collections on grassroot history

A laptop and tablet display extracts from the Apollo archive.

Open Sample Pages from Apollo Magazine

19th century, rectangular nurses case pictured open containing a variety of medical equipment including a baby-weighing net, packaged bandages in different sizes, forceps, syringes, glass tools, thermometers, and more.

RCN Object Collection

Vibrant green hands unite in celebration at Holi, symbolizing joy and togetherness.

Dig deep: exploring grassroots history and collections on Archives Hub

Side by side portraits - on left painting of woman in 19th century - philosopher Harriet Taylor Mill ; on right 20th century black and white photograph of woman - activist Angela Davis ; bottom left text - Stolen! Theft in the archives and exhibition dates 12 Oct to 17 March and daily opening hours 9am - 7pm.

Stolen! Theft in the archives

Black background with white text and outline of a cat - reads Sheba Feminist Press.

Creative writing with the Sheba Feminist Publishers archive.

Mance Lipscomb on the steps of his cabin.

Conversation with the Blues: Material from the Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music

Image of Ben Tillett addressing a crowd on Tower Hill at the London Dock Strikes.

Working-Class History

Post Office Press Notice about the offer to the Union of Post Office Workers , 8 January 1971 (POST 108/168).

A brief history of national postal strikes

Burgundy book entitled: A New Dictionary for Nurses by Lois Oakes, S.R.N, D.N. Second edition.

Special collections

Front cover of The Antiquary magazine for 2025-6 featuring a painting of a ghostly apparition appearing above the hand of Thomas Lord Lyttelton (1744–1779)

The Antiquary (2025-6): Ghost Stories of the Antiquaries

Edith 'Edy' Craig, Clare 'Tony' Atwood and Chris St John at Smallhythe Place | © National Trust Images

LGBTQ+ podcast series with Clare Balding

Interior close-up view of a male operative in front of a coding desk.

A Day in the Life of a Coding Desk Operator

AMSR 10th Anniversary Summer Party June 2026

Coloured poverty map of Bloomsbury picturing Keppel Street, Montague Place and Russel Square.

A Place to Call Home: Poverty and Housing in London

Cropped image of a black, white and red poster showing chess pieces.

Posters designed for - and by - Post Office employees.

History Day 2026 Online Contributions

Front cover of The Antiquary magazine for 2025-6 featuring a painting of a ghostly apparition appearing above the hand of Thomas Lord Lyttelton (1744–1779)

The Antiquary (2025-6): Ghost Stories of the Antiquaries

Black background with white text and outline of a cat - reads Sheba Feminist Press.

Creative writing with the Sheba Feminist Publishers archive.

AMSR 10th Anniversary Summer Party June 2026

Article from The Post Office Magazine December 1960 about the appointment of Sant Singh Shattar as a postman.

Postal Uniforms: The case of Sant Singh Shattar

An accession book of the Hellenic and Roman Library recording the author, title class, number of volumes, date of publication, date of vendor, price, and date of receipts in a variety of different handwritings.

Unsung Staff and Dedicated Volunteers: The Labor Force Behind the Library of the Hellenic Society (1901–1937)

Post Office Press Notice about the offer to the Union of Post Office Workers , 8 January 1971 (POST 108/168).

A brief history of national postal strikes

Mance Lipscomb on the steps of his cabin.

Conversation with the Blues: Material from the Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music

Introducing Queen Mary Digital Collections

Cropped image of a black, white and red poster showing chess pieces.

Posters designed for - and by - Post Office employees.

Vibrant green hands unite in celebration at Holi, symbolizing joy and togetherness.

Dig deep: exploring grassroots history and collections on Archives Hub

Gold background with white writing The Women's Library at 100.

The Women's Library at 100

Vita Sackville-West's desk at Sissinghurst Castle Garden with photos of Virginia Woolf and Harold Nicholson | © National Trust Images/Jonathan Buckley

Exploring LGBTQ+ Histories at National Trust Places

Photograph of the exterior of E.M. Barraud's cottage in Cambridgeshire.

"I am the farm worker going home at evening": gender fluidity, rural landscapes, and the Women's Land Army

Image of Ben Tillett addressing a crowd on Tower Hill at the London Dock Strikes.

Working-Class History

Open page of the Parish Records with French text in grey scale.

A few archival collections on grassroot history

EXILE installation at Kingston Lacy. Credit: National Trust / RCMG / University of Leicester. Image Credit: National Trust images / Steven Haywood

Prejudice & Pride: exploring LGBTQ lives at the National Trust

Interior close-up view of a male operative in front of a coding desk.

A Day in the Life of a Coding Desk Operator

Women telephonists operating a switchboard with steel helmets, 1939-45 (POST 56/14).

Invisible Labour: The Women Who Kept Wartime Telecommunications Running

Specimen of Trochus perspectivus.

Our Digitised Collections

Coloured poverty map of Bloomsbury picturing Keppel Street, Montague Place and Russel Square.

A Place to Call Home: Poverty and Housing in London

A laptop and tablet display extracts from the Apollo archive.

Open Sample Pages from Apollo Magazine

Burgundy book entitled: A New Dictionary for Nurses by Lois Oakes, S.R.N, D.N. Second edition.

Special collections

Homo sapiens: Classifying the Human Animal exhibition poster.

What is it to be Human? | A Virtual Exhibition Tour

19th century, rectangular nurses case pictured open containing a variety of medical equipment including a baby-weighing net, packaged bandages in different sizes, forceps, syringes, glass tools, thermometers, and more.

RCN Object Collection

Edith 'Edy' Craig, Clare 'Tony' Atwood and Chris St John at Smallhythe Place | © National Trust Images

LGBTQ+ podcast series with Clare Balding

Side by side portraits - on left painting of woman in 19th century - philosopher Harriet Taylor Mill ; on right 20th century black and white photograph of woman - activist Angela Davis ; bottom left text - Stolen! Theft in the archives and exhibition dates 12 Oct to 17 March and daily opening hours 9am - 7pm.

Stolen! Theft in the archives

Old paper, uniquely folded with handwritten messages and drawn images of hearts and branches.

Treasures of Teesside Archives Exhibition

Old black and white photograph of man testing air quality.

Marvellous Maureen

Scroll with Latin Text from the Magna Carta online exhibition.

A Magna Carta Miscellany

Organisations Participating in History Day 2026