Writing: Making Your Mark

Exhibition

Writing: Making Your Mark

Open until 27 Aug 2019

Discover the extraordinary story behind one of humankind’s greatest achievements: through more than 100 objects spanning 5,000 years and seven continents

Book now Members go free
From the friendship album of Moyses Walens of Cologne, Add MS 18991, 1605-1615.
Exhibition FREE

Friendship Before Facebook: Social Networks in a Pre-Digital Age

Monday to Sunday

26 February – 12 May 2019

The New Londoners
Exhibition FREE

The New Londoners

29 Mar 2019 - 7 Jul 2019

22 March – 7 July 2019

Imaginary Cities
Exhibition FREE

Imaginary Cities

5 Apr 2019 - 14 Jul 2019

Discover how our increasingly digital world could change the future of collections
Coming soon
Artistic image showing Leonardo's double helix and handwritten notes.
Exhibition

Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion

7 Jun 2019 - 8 Sep 2019

See inside the mind of Leonardo through his extraordinary notebooks

Events at the Library

19 May How to Write A Book in a Day: The Rathbones Folio Sessions
Talks and Discussions

How to Write a Book in a Day: The Rathbones Folio Sessions

With A L Kennedy, Louise Doughty, Kate Clanchy, Owen Sheers and friends

Other events

Rathbones mentorships
Talks and Discussions FREE

The Rathbones Folio Mentorships

See what gifted young students can do

20 May Wiki Food and Mostly Women
Workshop

Wiki-Food and Mostly Women

Spend a day diversifying Wikipedia's food-related topics

20 May The music of egalitarian hunter gatherers
Talks and Discussions

The Music of Egalitarian Hunter-Gatherers

How can thinking about music and sound enhance our understandings of human social relations?

Dick Kerr Ladies
Film

Film Screening: When Football Banned Women

A free screening of the documentary

All events this month
All events in June
All events in July

Tours of the Library

Treasures Tours

Treasures tour

A one-hour journey through some of the Treasures of the British Library

British Library group tour

Building tour

Discover more about our history, collections and architecture on this tour - includes the Viewing Gallery

Conservation Studios: Behind the Scenes Tours

Conservation studio tour

Take a behind-the-scenes tour and see our world-renowned conservators in action

Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land

Windrush Sound Tours

Join a curated sound tour to mark Windrush Day

Group visits to the British Library

Group visits to exhibitions

Book a group visit and you’ll receive a 10% discount on your ticket price