Sign up

Access to Manage Your Collections requires a Discovery account.

Signup process for archives with an ARCHON code

If you are an archivist at a repository with an ARCHON code who wishes to set up an account for Manage Your Collections:

  1. Take a look at the Manage Your Collections terms and conditions (PDF, 0.16MB)
  2. Register for a Discovery account
  3. Send us an email (manageyourcollections@nationalarchives.gov.uk) letting us know the email address you signed up to Discovery with and stating your agreement to the terms and conditions
  4. We will activate your Manage Your Collections account and then email you to tell you when it’s been done

Signup process for archives without an ARCHON code

If you are an archivist at a repository without an ARCHON code who wishes to set up a Manage Your Collections account:

  1. Register for an ARCHON code, by filling in this form
  2. Take a look at the Manage Your Collections terms and conditions(PDF, 0.16MB)
  3. Register for a Discovery account
  4. Once you receive confirmation of your ARCHON code, send us an email letting us know the email address you signed up to Discovery with and stating your agreement to the terms and conditions
  5. We will activate your Manage Your Collections account and then email you to tell you when it’s been done

How to access Manage Your Collections

There are two ways to log into Manage Your Collections once your account is activated;

  1. Go directly to http://manage-collections.nationalarchives.gov.uk
  2. Go to http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ and sign in. Click on ‘Your account’ and then ‘Manage Collection’s to access your collections dashboard.

If you login via the first method, your login details will be your Discovery login credentials.

Upon logging in you are greeted by the collections dashboard; if your archive had data in the legacy A2A system, you will see these collections listed here.

Access to more than one archive

Archivists who manage collections from more than one ARCHON code will need to sign up for each archive individually, with a different email address. It is possible for an archive to have multiple accounts attached to it; however, it is not possible for an account to be added to more than one archive.