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Featured exhibitions
Story Explorers: A journey through imaginary worlds
Take a free family trip through our collection and discover the stories behind objects which take you to wondrous places. Designed for children 0–9.
Secret Maps
Who shapes your world? Who decides what you see? What hides behind grid lines?
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Mapping the Mysterious
An evening exploring how myth, magic and mystery shape maps.
Secret Maps: Curators’ Lunchtime Talk
Go Behind the Scenes with exhibition curator Tom Harper.
AI Debate: Will AI make us better off?
Join a panel of experts to explore whether AI is a golden ticket that cam transform our economy and personal economic prospects.
Palestine - 1: reimagining Palestine's past
A brand new anthology of Palestinian fiction.
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Secret Maps of a Forgotten Map Library
James Cheshire reveals the classified maps he discovered in a university’s map library.
Darkland Tales: Benbecula
Booker-nominated Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet shares the research behind his newest work.
Doctoral Open Day: Europe, Americas and Oceania
Explore our collections covering Europe, the Americas and Oceania in this Doctoral Open Day for PhD students.
Old English Masterclass
Explore Old English in its cultural context in this two-day course.
The W.G. Sebald Lecture 2025: Elif Shafak
The annual lecture on literary translation.