Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is committed to helping the public who have enquiries about our collections. These may be answered face-to-face in the case of the Reading Room collections or by telephone, letter, or email for our archive and object holdings. We receive enquiries from all over the world covering a wide range of different subjects.

Due to the volume of these enquiries collections staff can only undertake a maximum of 30 minutes research per enquiry and we are therefore unable to answer enquiries to any great depth.

If your enquiry requires more extensive research, you will receive a referral email/letter and our research volunteers will work with you to facilitate the enquiry.

Initial written enquires are responded to within 5 – 10 working days. In the case of in-depth research, the timescale will vary dependant on the nature of the research.

Please contact collections@chdt.org.uk for your enquiry.