What’s on
Featured exhibitions
Story Explorers: A journey through imaginary worlds
Take a free family trip through our collection and discover the stories behind objects which take you to wondrous places. Designed for children 0 – 9.
Secret Maps
Who shapes your world? Who decides what you see? What hides behind grid lines?
All Events
List of Events
Queer Fantasy
An evening with Juno Dawson, Samantha Shannon, Tasha Suri and TJ Klune.
Spooktacular Family Day
Celebrate Hallowe’en with the magical minds behind some of your favourite spooky books!
Doctoral Open Day: Music, Sound and Vision
Explore our music, sound and vision, and visual arts collections in this Doctoral Open Day for PhD students.
Start using social media for my small business
Everyone seems to talk about social media these days, but how can Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok and blogging actually help?
How Maps Win or Lose Wars
Discover the crucial role maps play in warfare from the frontlines to the war rooms.
Tales of the Weird: An Autumnal Festival
The return of the British Library’s celebration of strange, uncanny and horrifying writing.
An Evening with Andrzej Sapkowski
In conversation with the bestselling author of The Witcher.
Curating in the Crossfire: Collecting in the Time of War, Conflict and Crises
This two-day event explores how materials created and shared during times of conflict are selected, collected, and preserved.
A-Level Conference: US Politics Today
Join two former Members of the US Congress and leading academics in a lively and bipartisan discussion of major themes in American politics in this session for A-Level students.