Our Research

Annual Research Report

Historic Royal Palaces undertakes a wide variety of research across a number of different disciplines. Highlights from 2024-2025 include:

• The final year of the AHRC-funded Henry on Tour project, led by Professor Anthony Musson. This year, the project has informed the Henry on Tour Schools Festival at Hampton Court, an exhibition of Tudor dress, a recreated procession and Vespers at the Chapel Royal, and a CD of Tudor music.
• The AHRC-funded RICHeS REVEAL project, led by Dr Constantina Vlachou-Mogire, which aims to create a state-of the-art physical and digital repository for scientific samples and research data.
• Dress Codes, curated by Matthew Storey, which exhibited some of the finest examples of the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection. In partnership with local youth groups, the exhibition also showcased the wonderful creations made by our Young Producers, inspired by the collections.
• The re-opening of The Medieval Palace, curated by Dr Charles Farris, which immersed visitors in the Tower of London's 13th century history.
• The Tower Remembers, led by Minette Butler, which has revealed the lesser-known stories of the Tower at war in the 20th century.

For a full summary of our most recent research outputs, please see our 2024-5 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 [email protected].

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.