What’s on
Featured exhibitions
Fairy Tales
A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.
Story Explorers in Leeds
Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.
All Events
List of Events
Nature in the City: Plant Hangers & Propagation
Get hands-on and green with this two-in-one workshop designed to help you grow and show your indoor jungle!
Building Tour
Discover more about our history, collection and architecture.
Family Station: Explore and Play
Explore the Library with our creative offer, designed with families.
Family Station: Legendary Creatures
Exploring South Asian Tales.
Canal Tales: Co-Creating Canal Tales
Join us at The Last Word community hub at the British Library to co-create new canal stories inspired by the waterways.
Relaxed morning for SEND Families
Join us for a sensory friendly opening of Fairy Tales for SEND families
Inventors' Club
Great ideas can change the world!
Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks
How a British comic shaped US comic book superstars and how McDonald’s and food processing technologies shaped UK food.
Life’s a Fairy Tale
Join us for an inclusive performance of poetry and songs in response to the Fairy Tales exhibition.