Week 32: 2 – 8 July 2025
Go on a trip to the Eye International Conference 2025 and back in time to the BFI National Archive’s early years, with the latest edition of the Inside the Archive blog.
Inside the Archive
Week 31: 25 June – 1 July 2025
This week learn more about the detective work that has enhanced our holdings of a Len Lye classic and about the launch of BFI Replay in Dundee.
Week 30: 18 – 24 June 2025
Learn more about how we recently brought the BFI National Archive’s Conservation Centre to life at BFI Southbank, our plans for a new research laboratory and our new ‘Object of the Week’ series.
Week 29: 11 – 17 June 2025
Hear from colleagues who attended the ISEA conference in South Korea and take a look at our new Inside the Archive exhibition.
Week 28: 4 – 10 June 2025
This week, watch the latest Inside the Archive video and learn about how the BFI National Archive collections are used in a range of projects at a BFI Research Showcase.
Week 27: 28 May – 3 June 2025
Learn more about the behind the scenes work that has enabled the BFI Film on Film Festival and how we’ve been testing a new digital preservation system.
Week 26: 21 – 27 May 2025
Learn how our data team have been updating Tom Cruise’s back catalogue and how the BFI Reuben Library can shed light on the premiere of the ‘Greatest Film of All Time’.
Week 25: 14 – 20 May 2025
In this weeks blog, we have a special report from colleagues who attended the 2025 FIAF Congress held in Montréal, Canada.
Week 24: 7 – 13 May 2025
Discover more about a project rethinking the role of senses in museums and the search for an Ealing legend in a 1940s cinema commercial
Week 23: 30 April – 6 May 2025
In this edition of the Inside the Archive blog learn more about how we accession materials to our collections and ‘feel the noize’ courtesy of Slade.