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.
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List of Events
Punk: 50 Years of Rebellion, Creativity and Raw Energy
With special guests Paul Cook, Gina Birch and Marco Pirroni, in conversation with Chris Sullivan, Stephen Colegrave and Miranda Sawyer.
How to Start and Run a Successful Restaurant, Coffee Bar or Food Business
Explore the best ways of opening and running a viable and profitable food business like a cafe, restaurant, bakery, or cake shop!
Illumination Masterclass
Join renowned scribe and illuminator Patricia Lovett MBE on this one-day beginners masterclass and create your own medieval miniature on vellum.
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.