The British Library engages with many overseas contacts and institutions. We do this to share our heritage and expertise with global audiences and professionals.
Our international activities include project partnerships and correspondence with diplomatic representatives.
We welcome opportunities to collaborate at curatorial, strategic and technical levels. If you are an overseas professional and would like to learn more, please talk to our International Office team.
We take a professional leadership role in the world's network of national libraries
The British Library engages with regions of the world whose cultures and histories are strongly reflected in our collections.
Readers may have noticed the new placards and billboards at the British Library announcing Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth which opens exactly four weeks today. Son of Philip II of Macedon and his wife Olympias, the historical...
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The British Library's first ever bilingual web resource shows off its collection of Hebrew manuscripts
Recognising the digitisation project
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