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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.
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British Library Food Season Big Weekend
British Library Food Season launches with the Big Weekend.
At the Irish Table
Food, culture and tradition across the island of Ireland.
Vittles presents: From Aspic to Instagram
Food Photography Through the Ages.
The Edible Archive: Palestinian Memory and Resistance
Land, Seeds, Roots and Growth.
Kitchen Counter Cultures: Rethinking Women's Culinary World
A rich and provocative celebration of women who have cooked, created, and lived in radically imaginative ways.
From Food Lovers to Change Makers
Turning passion for food into power to transform the food system.
In the Heat Together: Couples in the Kitchen
Couple and sibling relationships in the pressure cooker of the commercial kitchen.
Much Ado About Cooking
Appetite, feasting and hunger in Shakespeare, with Simon Russell Beale and guests.
Please Sir, I Want Some More: Revolutionising What Kids Eat
How some school cooks are creating magic on a shoestring.