Events
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Exhibition FREEChinese and British
-A free exhibition exploring British Chinese communities and culture.
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Exhibition FREE
8 Stories by Jamie Lau
-What does it mean to be Chinese and British? Commissioned alongside our current exhibition (Chinese and British, ...
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Exhibition
Animals: Art, Science and Sound
-Animals amaze, fascinate and delight us.
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Sound Gallery
Explore audiovisual content from across our collections
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Exhibition FREE
The Philatelic Exhibition
Discover some of the rarest and most significant stamps from one of the world's greatest collections
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Exhibition FREE
Treasures of the British Library
From Magna Carta and Shakespeare to Florence Nightingale and Gandhi. Explore some of the world’s most exciting, ...
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Tour
Building tour
Discover more about our history, collection and architecture on a tour of the public areas of the Library.
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Tour
Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins Rival Queens – Digital Tour
Our exhibition may be closed but you can still hop onto our digital tour led by exhibition curator Andrea Clarke.
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Tour
Treasures tour
A one-hour journey through some of the Treasures of the British Library.
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Doctoral Open Days
-An opportunity for new PhD students to discover our unique research materials and how to access them.
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Animals: Art, Science and Sound events
-Join us in an exploration of the animal kingdom and marvel the wonders of the natural world.
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HistFest 2023
-HistFest, the dynamic history festival celebrating the brightest and the best in the world of history returns.
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At the Library Course
Writing Historical Fiction Masterclass
Explore historical worlds and characters through creative writing
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