About the National Trust Research Repository
The National Trust Research Repository is an open access repository for the research outputs produced by staff, either individually or in collaboration with research associates of the National Trust.
The National Trust exists to protect nature, beauty and history for everyone, for ever. We care for nature and conserve the nation’s treasures, making them accessible to everyone, and we welcome millions of people to our places each year.
To do this effectively requires an in-depth knowledge of the properties, landscapes and collections in our care, specialist expertise in how to look after them, and a rich understanding of the lives of the people who shaped them.
Research is needed to build this knowledge, expertise and understanding, to underpin the National Trust’s work and deliver public benefit.
Repository aims
The aims of the repository are to:
1. Provide a reliable source of information on the research undertaken by National Trust staff, individually or in collaboration with other research organisations.
2. Provide a single point of open access to our full-text research outputs wherever possible.
3. Make our research easier to find, and enhance the contribution we make to UK and international research.
4. Respond to the open access expectations of our research funders.
Content in the repository
The repository houses material such as journal articles, book chapters, reports and exhibition texts. Where the full item cannot be added, metadata about the research output is provided together with a link to the full item where possible.
Material not produced by or in association with the National Trust is not eligible for inclusion.
Shared repository service
The repository is part of a Shared Research Repository service, encompassing the research outputs of a small number of UK cultural and heritage institutions: the British Library, British Museum, National Museums Scotland, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Our separate repositories can be visited each in turn or explored together via a single search through the collaborative Shared Repository page. The British Library manages the shared repository service.
The other repositories can be found here:
British Library research repository
National Museums Scotland research repository
British Museum research repository