Our Research

Annual Research Report

Historic Royal Palaces undertakes a wide variety of research across a number of different disciplines. Highlights from 2023-2024 include:

• The Untold Lives exhibition: Curated by Sebastian Edwards and Dr Mishka Sinha, which examined the often overlooked lives of palace servants, and resulted in many significant research and public engagement outputs.
• The AHRC RICHeS REVEAL: Project led by Dr Constantina Vlachou Mogire, which will help to deliver a step change in HRP's physical and digital storage facilities.
• Henry VIII on Tour: The second year of this AHRC-funded project, led by Professor Anthony Musson, which, thanks to additional funding, has carried out further community and public engagement work. 
• The re-opening of the Wolsey Rooms: Curated by Brett Dolman, which generated new research on the global context and material culture of the Tudor court.
• Research visit to Japan: Undertaken by Matthew Storey and Kaori Motaung as part of their research into the Japanese coatee (taireifuku) in the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, funded by the Diawa Foundation and HRP Patron, John Harding.

For a full summary of our most recent research outputs, please see our 2023-24 Annual Research Report. 

Conservation research

See our Conservation Research, for our world leading activities in heritage science.

Postdoctoral research and Fellowships

Find out about working with us as a postdoctoral researcher, current Early Career Researcher opportunities, and Knowledge Exchange Fellowships.

Knowledge Exchange Partnerships

Historic Royal Palaces is open to discussions of hosting postdoctoral researchers under Knowledge Exchange Partnership and Knowledge Exchange Fellowship schemes to tackle key issues or questions across the organisation.

If you are an academic or postdoctoral researcher who has access to one of these schemes through your university and would like to explore potential opportunities, please contact us at curators@hrp.org.uk.

Research Policies

Following good research practice and adhering to ethical standards is essential in our work, ensuring public confidence in both the research process at Historic Royal Palaces and our research outputs.

To find out more, please read our Good Conduct in Research and Research Ethics Policies.