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Tickets for our full events programme - exhibitions, cultural events, family activities, adult courses and tours - are available online. We offer a range of events and activities for people with additional needs and disabilities including accessible tours, relaxed hours and group workshops.
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The main entrance to our St Pancras site is 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB. Our Boston Spa site is located at Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 7BQ.
Please email customer@bl.uk(08.30 - 16.30 Monday to Friday). We'll get back to you as quickly as we can but are currently experiencing a high volume of enquiries so it may take us some time to respond.
Cloakrooms and lockers
Visitors to our Reading Rooms are required to leave coats and bags in the cloakroom or in a locker. If you're visiting our exhibition galleries you will also need to leave backpacks in the cloakroom. Our cloakroom and digital lockers are free to use, located on the Lower Ground Floor. Please note our cloakroom is closed on Sundays, but you can use our lockers.
Wifi
Free wifi is available. No username or password is required but you will need to agree to the Terms and Conditions to access it.
Last Word community hub
We've opened The Last Word community hub in our Piazza, which is the new base for our Community Engagement team. Here they'll meet Camden residents and host a range of activities with and for local people. The hub will also showcase changing displays of community projects for everyone to enjoy. Open Monday – Saturday 10.00 – 16.00, but times will vary to respond to community needs.
Open to all visitors seven-days-a-week, this superb building by Sir Colin St John Wilson offers events, special exhibitions and a Treasures Gallery that displays over 200 items, including Magna Carta, a Gutenberg Bible and lyrics by the Beatles. Duration: 1-2 hours.
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- 96 Euston Road, London
Jun 25, 2022 · British Library Opening Hours. Typically the British Museum is open from 9:30am to 8pm on weekdays, and 11pm to 5pm on weekends, but check the schedule here to make sure it’s open during your visit. British Library Experience. Part of what the British Library offers is an incredible gathering place in London.
The British Library is such a great library to explore! The Gallery on the first floor is fantastic, it includes some handwritten Beatles lyrics, handwritten Sylvia Plath poems, Jane Austen's writing desk, Shakespeare's First Folio, and the Magna Carta.
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The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries.
