About our events
Plan your next school trip, join us online wherever you are, or learn without leaving your classroom.
Join us in London, Leeds or online for workshops, interactive sessions, self-guided visits, and teacher CPDs to inspire you and your students.
What's on
- Years 3–6
Make a Guidebook
FreeJoin Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Viviane Schwarz for this free livestreamed event for students in Years 3–6.
- Years 3–6 and Years 7–12
Self-Guided Visit: Unearthed
FreeExplore how centuries of gardening have nurtured individuals, empowered communities and transformed our natural world, in our current Unearthed exhibition.
- Years 1–2
Summer Reading Challenge with Trish Cooke and Alex Wharton
FreeCelebrate this summer’s challenge with us and Camden Libraries in this free livestreamed event for Years 1–2.
- Teachers of Years 10–11
Macbeth in Context CPD
FreeFree livestreamed CPD for English teachers of Years 10–11.
- Years 9–11
History of Medicine Study and Discovery Day
FreeA collaboration between the British Library and Royal College of Physicians, this hands-on programme supports GCSE History students. - Years 1–2
Sensory Storytelling: Unearthed
FreeA storytelling session engaging the youngest learners and those with SEND through sensory activities inspired by our current Unearthed exhibition.
- For teachers and school librarians of years 5–13
Lit in Colour Teacher Conference 2025
FreeA collaboration between Penguin Books and the British Library, this free in-person conference supports English teachers and school librarians of primary and secondary years.
- Years 1–6
Self-Guided Visit: Story Explorers
FreeA self-guided opportunity for schools to discover our riotous new hands-on exhibition taking a fresh look at the Library’s collection. - Years 7–11
Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens
Experience Tudor life and explore the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. - Years 3–6
Refugee’s Journey: A Drama Workshop
FreeUse drama activities to explore space and characterisation, while learning about the experiences of refugees. - Years 3–6
Musical Storytellers
FreeCombine literacy with music to have fun developing vocabulary, oracy and comprehension skills. - Years 3–6
Write Like a Poet
FreeWhat makes a poem? Do they have to rhyme? Can they be silly? - Years R–2
Once Upon a Time
FreeThrough exploring the story of the Three Little Pigs, pupils will develop storytelling skills, strengthening their literacy and oracy.
- Years 3–6 and Years 7–13
Self-guided school visits
FreeThese flexible visits enable you to lead your group to explore our public spaces and Treasures Gallery. - Years 12–13
Research Matters Secondary
FreeEmpower your students to conduct independent research in this hands-on workshop. - Years 1–2
Once Upon a Time: Tell a Story
FreeStudents take a well-known story and develop storytelling skills through performance, strengthening their literacy and language skills. - Years 1–2
Once Upon a Time: Make a Story
FreeStudents will create a new story as a class, developing their literacy and language skills through imaginative play. - Years 4–6
Listen Up! Sound Lab
FreeStudents use a range of techniques to create, collect, amplify, mix, layer and record sound in this hands-on session. - Years 5–6
Research Matters Primary
FreeStart developing your class's research skills in this session touching on information literacy, observation, analysis and more. - Years 10–13
Sounds Familiar? Online
FreeUncover ways of analysing speech, accent and dialect by diving into oral history collections from the National Sound Archive through this online workshop. - Years 4–6 and Years 7–13
Windrush Voices
FreeThis session explores the arrival of the Empire Windrush in Essex in 1948 and the wider social and historical context of this moment. - Years 3–6 and Years 7–13
Write Here
FreeStudents will explore the Library and our Treasures gallery to gain inspiration in this creative writing workshop. - Years 10–13
Exploring Black British Literature
FreeExplore the rich history of Black writing and literature in Britain. - Years 10–13
Sounds Familiar?
FreeUncover ways of analysing speech, accent and dialect by diving into oral history collections from the National Sound Archive.