What’s on
Featured exhibitions
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.
Fairy Tales
A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.
All Events
List of Events
LGBT+ History Month Discovery Day
Celebrate the contribution of the LGBT+ community to ‘Science and Innovation’ with British Library archival material and creative workshops.
Web archive research in an age of Smart Data
For International Love Data Week join experts to explore how we can make sense of vast and varied web archives.
Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch tells the complex and entertaining story of religion and human desire.
Getting that new product to market: 1–1 sessions
This is an opportunity to discuss your product idea, in confidence with an industry expert.
An introduction to the East India Company and India Office archives
Join our reference specialists for an introduction into this unique archive and practical guidance on exploring this vast area of our collection.
Bookbinding Masterclass
Take inspiration from one of the world's greatest collection of books, on this weekend masterclass.
Family Station: February half-term
Come along this half term and explore the Library with our creative offer, designed with families.
Culture as Security: How Culture Protects Us
Lessons from Ukraine and Beyond.
Hekate – The Play
Nikita Gill and Jenny Wall welcome you to this work in progress of Hekate.