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.
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List of Events
Relaxed Early Opening for Families
Join us for a free sensory friendly early opening of the British Library.
Treasures Tour
Introduction to the Treasures of the British Library.
Building Tour
Discover more about our history, collection and architecture.
Introduction to copyright for business
Learn the basics of copyright and get an introduction to protecting and managing your copyright as well as using the work of others.
Minority Writes: How Queer Books and Bookshops Changed the World
Layla McCay and AJ West join Damian Barr for a celebration of queer books and bookshops.
An Introduction to Patents and Patent Searching
This online workshop will explain the basics behind patents, patent protection and registration.
Get Published
Have you written (or are writing) a book and want to get it published? This workshop covers both going via a publisher and self-publishing.
Introduction to registered designs
Almost every organisation has intellectual property of some sort – this series of webinars helps businesses to understand and protect it.
Living Newspaper Unit
Eccles Institute Creative Fellow Hilary Powell and the Living Newspaper Unit share print, performance and microfilm.