HAT archive is one of the most exciting and important specialist archives in the UK

Inspiring the Future

We help to encourage product innovation, delivering authentic classic and vintage cultural reference material. Take a look at our catalogue and be inspired! Online catalogue

HAT Archive is the memory bank of UK brands and advertising industry.

Preserving the Past

The archive exists to collect and safeguard the UK advertising industry’s heritage and make it available to all for study and research. Online catalogue

Without documentation of the present we risk losing valuable perspective and insight in the future.

Capturing the Present

By keeping archives we capture today’s experience, knowledge and sector know-how for tomorrow’s industry leaders. It is a powerful tool, it is industry generated and so it is far too valuable to be ignored or discarded. Online catalogue

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Latest News

HatAds | 15/May/2024

History of Advertising Trust increases archive space by 25%

We have celebrated the completion of Archive 7 – an addition of 2,000sq ft to its existing 8,000sq ft of archive space.

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