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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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Treasures Tour
Introduction to the Treasures of the British Library.

Fairy Tales: Schools Festival of Storytelling
Celebrate the spellbinding power of stories at our Fairy Tales Festival of Storytelling for primary schools.

An Introduction to Patents and Patent Searching
This online workshop will explain the basics behind patents, patent protection and registration.

Bourdain and the Myth of the Kitchen Hero
Tuesday 16 June 19.00 Jay Rayner, Sally Abé, Andrew Clarke and Zoe Williams on influence, masculinity and the pressures of chef culture.

HMRC – registering for self-employment or registering your business
Wednesday 17 June 10.00 Your obligation to HMRC whether registering as self-employed or registering your new business.

Securing Your Payments
Wednesday 17 June 15.00 Learn about how to build better payment strategies and tackle payment struggles.
Under 5s Workshop: Jack and the Beanstalk
Thursday 18 June, 9.45 and 11.00 Climb into a greener Fairy Tale!

Introduction to registered designs
Thursday 18 June 12.00 Almost every organisation has intellectual property of some sort – this series of webinars helps businesses to understand and protect it.

Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis
Friday 19 June 10.00 In memory of John Lowden.
Featured exhibitions

Fairy Tales
27 March – 23 August 2026 A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

Story Explorers in Leeds
Thursday 19 February – Saturday 29 August Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.