Treasures of the British Library
Monday to SundayFor visits from 19 July, you will not need to pre-book to visit the Treasures Gallery. If you want to visit before 19 July, use the following link to book your slot:
Events at the Library
Portrait Masterclass: Elizabeth and Mary
Be inspired by portraits of our powerful pair of queens before tackling your own storytelling portrait
Other events
Panizzi Lecture 1: Woodblock Publishing in China’s First Age of Print
In this first of three Panizzi lectures, Professor Cynthia Brokaw explores why woodblock printing or xylography, remained, throughout China’s pre-modern history, the major print technology.
Learn Live: Memoir – Building Your Characters
Make sure the characters that appear in your own story are brought to life on the page
Panizzi Lecture 2: The Publishing Boom of Early Modern China and Late-Ming Book Culture
In this second lecture in the Panizzi series, Cynthia Brokaw considers the dawn of early modern China, the growth of commerce and the rapid increase in the population of city dwellers and how this spurred a publishing boom.
Slavery and Resistance in Jamaican History
A day of practical talks and workshops from leading historians of 18th-century Jamaica.