(AGENPARL) – Mon 31 March 2025 Find out how we’re growing
                                                                                        
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As the first spring days transform grey skies into blue, we’re seeing our own exciting changes.
We’re sharing new medieval manuscripts online, inviting families to take over our Entrance Hall and, most importantly, progressing plans to expand our London site. Catch up on how we’re transforming our St Pancras building below.
Get ready for our transformation
Alongside a proposed new home in Leeds ( https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/c/AQiz6A8Qh913GOmfuwUgiPHEGwWBXFMlIHb-C8YLtaNMznxbpMKCygLFiv7KHtaAQxHn ) and major updates to our Boston Spa campus ( https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/c/AQiz6A8Qh913GOmfuwUgifHEG50ULbnRoE4IBF9rrX_zbJG8inxtaWJbbQ4Xy0vDAHeR ), we’re moving ahead with groundbreaking plans to transform our St Pancras site. This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too.
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See gardening differently
From window boxes to allotments, gardens and green spaces are abloom with amazing possibilities. Discover how centuries of gardening have nurtured individuals, empowered communities and transformed our natural world at our new exhibition opening this May at St Pancras. And look out for free displays alongside the exhibition in partner libraries near you.
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Drop in to our family station
Every day, Friday 4 – Thursday 10 April
Drop in from 11.00 – 15.00
Suitable for families with children of all ages
Looking for things to do while off school? Our free Family Station offers creative fun for kids and their grown-ups at the Library. Explore our St Pancras building through family trails, take part in activities that stimulate the senses, and dive into a book in our pop-up reading area. All activity is family-led, and children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
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Explore Medieval Women online
If you missed our sold-out exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, or you’re eager for more, you can now view some of the items from the show on our website. Scroll through handwritten volumes, charters and rolls, all digitised in full.
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Let your imagination take flight
True Lovers Knot. The Uncertain. The Suspected. These might sound like film noir titles but they’re names of British moths. With numbers in decline and many species endangered, artist Tracey Bush set out to document an A-Z of British moths in her 3D book Dusk. This is one of the many extraordinary artists’ books you can see for free in a special display in our Treasures Gallery ( https://britishlibraryemails.bl.uk/c/AQiz6A8Qh913GOmfuwUgjvHEG_xehSw4QUfsbv2h0uq-XVdGe4dkfn99oItZ41A1r2Kg ) at St Pancras.
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Unveiling history
Did you know library services often hold special collections that contain materials closely related to a region’s history and culture? LibraryOn’s story of Nottingham’s lace industry, with support from Nottingham City Libraries, illustrates how the lace craft became an industry central to the British Empire’s growth.
Get the most out of your local library through LibraryOn, funded by Arts Council England and powered by the British Library.
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