Animals: Art, Science and Sound events

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Join us in an exploration of the animal kingdom and marvel the wonders of the natural world.

Dive into worlds unknown with our series of events running alongside our major new exhibition: Animals: Art, Science and Sound. Join scientists, authors, musicians and more to explore the natural world and the weird and wonderful creatures within.

Animals: Art, Science and Sound opens on 19 April.

Find many more of our previous events on our BLPlayer.

Heritage fund

Audio soundscapes created by Greg Green with support from the Unlocking our Sound Heritage project

Series events

Illuminated manuscript featuring a fabulous beast
At the Library and online

Fantastic Beasts: No Such Thing As A Fish Live

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Children and mothers doing an activity
Family Activity

Family Day: Animal Adventures

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composite of speakers and book cover
At the Library and online

Beastly: Keggie Carew in conversation with Kate Humble

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Join us for discussions
At the Library and online

Wildlife Conservation Now

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Photos of Andrea Arnold, Karen Joy Fowler, Katherine Rundell, Hamza Yassin and Mya-Rose Craig
At the Library and online

Animal Magic: A Night of Wild Enchantment

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image of caimen and snake
At the Library

Women, Art and Zoology

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Kim Stallwood
At the Library and online

The Fight for Animal Rights: Kim Stallwood in Conversation

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Photos of Cerys Matthews, Cosmo Sheldrake and Tom Mustill alongside one another
At the Library

Late at the Library: Calls of the Wild with Cosmo Sheldrake

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Sea horse, eel and other fish illustration.

Under the Sea

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Composite of book cover and speaker
At the Library

Sounds Wild and Broken: Nature's Sonic Marvels

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Photo of Isabella Rossellini surrounded by paper animals
At the Library and online

The Birds and the Bees…and Queer Cuttlefish!

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Watercolour of migratory birds
At the Library and online

Astonishing Animal Migrations

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The head of a walrus, drawing by Albrecht Dürer
At the Library

The Animal in Albrecht Dürer

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