Level 2, Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS 

Location
The Barbican Libraries are located on Level 2 within the Barbican. They can be accessed from the main building via stairs or lifts from Level G or via Frobisher Crescent from the highwalks 

Society of Graphic Fine Art
A Barbican Library Foyer Exhibition
Wed 5-Thu 27 Feb 2020

Thirty members of the Society of Graphic Fine Art show the best of their current work.

The Society of Graphic Fine Art is the only national society dedicated to drawing in all forms and mediums. In 1919 the Society came into being at the time of the rise of modernism and the feeling that the traditional drawing skills were no longer needed. The SGFA hopes to be a leading voice in the resurgence of drawing today. Following this show in the Barbican Library, the next Open show will be in July at the Mall Galleries, London.

Ealing Road Library

Harlesden Library

Kilburn Library

Kingsbury Library

Wembley Library

The Library at Wilesden Green

96 Euston Rd, NW1 2DB

Phone: 0330 333 1144

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
9.30am - 8pm
Friday
9.30am - 6pm
Saturday
9.30am - 5pm
Sunday
11am - 5pm

Oil paintings online at artuk.org

All the oil paintings in Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre's collection are now available to view online

Your Paintings is a project aiming to create a complete online catalogue of every oil painting in the national collection.

Highgate library Chester Road N19 5DH

Kentish Town Library
262- 266 Kentish Town Road NW5 2AA

Queens Crescent Library 165 Queens Crescent NW5 4HH

Swiss Cottage Library 88 Avenue Road NW3 3HA

Camden Town Library 218 Eversholt Street NW1 1BD

Holborn Library 32-38 Theobalds Road
WC1X 8PA

Kilburn Library Centre 12-22 Kilburn High Road NW6 5DU

St Pancras Square Library or Pancras Square Library 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG

West Hampstead Library Dennington Park Road NW6 5AU

Telephone the Contact Centre on 020 7974 4444 for all library enquiries.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Chelsea and Westminster Campus Library
Lift Bank B, Lower Ground Floor
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road London SW10 9NH

T: 020 3315 8107

email: librarycw@imperial.ac.uk

Artizan Library 1 Artizan Street London E1 7AF

Barbican Library Silk Street London, EC2Y 8DS

Barbican Music Library 020 7638 0672

The Barbican song index is an index to sheet music anthologies of popular, jazz and folk songs, songs from musicals and films, classical songs and opera arias.

Guildhall Library Aldermanbury
EC2V 7HH 020 7332 1868/1870

Shoe Lane Library Little Hill House Little New Street London EC4A 3JR

In 1875, Arthur Lasenby Liberty began trading in ornaments, fabrics and more. As his shop expanded, it become one of the most fashionable shops in London, famed for its imported silks, costume department and 'Eastern Bazaar' of Oriental furniture. 

Liberty was at the forefront of fashion for oriental design, and highly influential in the Art Nouveau movement.

City of Westminster Library also catalogued further down this list under 'W'

City of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 St Ann's Street, London SW1P 2DE 

. Art and Design collections

The Art and Design collection at Westminster City Archives has been recognised as a collection of national significance and includes: 

Liberty Ltd. The Liberty archives include: administrative business records; retail catalogues including original fabric swatches; jewellery design sketch books; personal papers and correspondence of Arthur Lasenby Liberty

Jaeger Co. This archive includes: early clothing catalogues, including swatches of material; archives of the early administrative history of Jaeger; guard books of Jaeger publicity; original clothing and gift catalogues

Waring and Gillow Ltd. The Gillow archives contain invaluable information for furniture historians including: estimate sketchbooks (1784 to 1905) with detailed illustrations and descriptions of custom-made furniture; pattern book (1775 to 1800) with colour illustrations; 20th century scrapbooks and photograph albums with designs for ship, country house and palace interiors

1. Ashburton Library
2. Bradmore Green Library
3. Broad Green Library
4. Central Library
5. Coulsdon Library
6. New Addington Library
7. Norbury Library
8. Sanderstead Library
9. Purley Library
10. Selsdon Library
11. Shirley Library
12. South Norwood Library
13. Thornton Heath Library
14. Upper Norwood Library Hub - Jointly funded by both Lambeth and Croydon Councils, this Hub is run by the Upper Norwood Library Trust

Barking Library at the Barking Learning Centre

Dagenham Library

Thames View Library

Valence Library

Two are community-run, staffed by volunteers and supported by the library service:

Marks Gate Library at the Marks Gate Childrens Centre

Robert Jeyes Community Library at the Chadwell Heath Community Centre

If you live in Rush Green, the library resource centre at the Rush Green Campus of Barking and Dagenham College is open for local residents to use.

You do not need a prior appointment for browsing the open access collections, for using our online catalogue, or for consulting books and journals published up to 100 years ago ordered from the National Collections Centre. 

The Dana Research Centre and Library
165 Queen's Gate
London
SW7 5HD 

USING LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE SERVICES IN LONDON

The Science Museum's Dana Research Centre and Library is open five days a week:

Monday to Friday, from 10.00 to 17.00.

The Science Museum's Dana Research Centre and Library is the home to our Library and Archive services in London and to our Research and Public History department. 

Visitors can consult around 6,000 books and journals covering museum studies, the history and biography of science technology and medicine, and the philosophical and social aspects of these subjects. 

Acton Town Hall Library

Ealing Central Library

Greenford Library

Hanwell Library

Jubilee Gardens Library

Northfields Library

Northolt Leisure Centre Library

Northolt Library

Perivale Library

Pitshanger Library

Southall Library

St Bernard's Hospital Library

West Ealing Library

Wood End Library

Goldsmiths' Hall

The Goldsmiths' Company,

Goldsmiths' Hall,

Foster Lane,

London EC2V 6BN

Tel: 020 7606 7010

Visit www.craftanddesigncouncil.org.uk to find out more and enter the Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Awards 2018

Abbey Wood Library 

Blackheath Library 

Charlton Library

Coldharbour Library

Eltham Centre Library 

Greenwich Centre Library

New Eltham Library

Plumstead Library 

Slade Centre Library

Thamesmere Library

West Greenwich Library

Woolwich Centre Library

Clapton Library Address Northwold Road E5 8RA

Dalston C.L.R. James Library Dalston Square
Dalston E8 3BQ

Hackney Central Library Hackney Technology and Learning Centre 1 Reading Lane E8 1GQ

Hackney Libraries Hackney Service Centre
1 Hillman Street E8 1DY

Homerton Library Homerton High Street E9 6AS

Shoreditch Library  80 Hoxton Street N1 6LP

Stamford Hill Library  Portland Avenue N16 6SB

Stoke Newington Library  Stoke Newington Church Street N16 0JS

Woodberry Down Library Redmond Community Centre Kayani Avenue Woodberry Down N4 2HF

Askew Road library W12 9AS

Avonmore library and neighbourhood centre W14 8TG

Fulham library SW6 5NX

Hammersmith library W6 7AT

Hurlingham Academy school and community library SW6 3ED

Shepherds Bush library W12 7BF

Home Library Service

• Gayton library - central lending library, St John's Road, Harrow
• Kenton Library, Kenton lane, Kenton
• Pinner library - Marsh Road, Pinner
  
• Roxeth library - Northolt Road, South Harrow
  
• Stanmore library - 8 Stanmore Hill, Stanmore
  
• Wealdstone library - The Wealdstone Centre, 38/40 High Street, Wealdstone
  

Cat and Mouse Library
Central Library
First Steps Learning Centre
Lewis Carroll Childrens Library
Mildmay Library
North Library
South Library
Archway Library
Finsbury Library
Islington Computer Skills Centre
N4 Library
West Library

Brixton Library

Carnegie Library 

Clapham Library Mary Seacole Centre 

Durning Library

Lambeth Archives

Minet Library

Streatham Library

Tate South Lambeth

Waterloo Library (Located in the The Oasis Centre)

West Norwood Library 

Lambeth Palace Library

Has been designatedas an outstanding collection by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

The Library is situated on London's Lambeth Palace Road, near Lambeth Bridge, on the south side of the River Thames.

The entrance is the door set into the wall (pictured bottom left). On the right hand side there is an entryphone. Press the button and wait for a member of staff to speak to you. Push the door when asked to by the member of staff.

National Poetry Library

Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Lambeth SE1 8XX

Lewisham Libraries

Blackheath Village community library service
Catford library
Crofton Park community library service
The Library at Deptford Lounge
Downham Library
Forest Hill community library
Grove Park community library service
Lewisham Library
Manor House Library
New Cross community library service
Pepys community library service
Sydenham community library service
Torridon Road community library

Worth a Thousand Words

Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm

Free Exhibition / Festival 

This spectacular display brings together a selection of the finest botanical artworks recently acquired by the RHS Lindley Collections. It explores the ways in which contemporary artists continue to raise standards and push the boundaries of botanical illustration. 

RHS Libraries exhibitions and events:  https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-event

RHS Lindley Library, 80 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE 

The library holds unique collections of early printed books to modern titles on botanical art, the history of horticulture and practical gardening.
It also holds the Botanical Art collection of the RHS, the archives of the RHS and the personal archives of notable gardeners and garden designers. 

14 St James's Square  SW1Y 4LG

The London Library, founded in 1841, is the UK's leading literary institution. With more than one million books and periodicals in over 50 languages, the collection includes works from the 16th century to the latest publications. Membership is open to everyone.

WHAT'S ON

There's always a lot happening at the London Library and here's a quick guide to the events: 

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:00 - 17:00 

The London Library - Open House

The London Library is delighted to be participating in Open House London on 21st September.

Founded in 1841 The London Library is one of the world's great lending libraries. An extraordinary history, a vast borrowing collection and an outstanding building make this a unique place to think, to write and to be inspired.

Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School
37a Clerkenwell Green EC1R 0DU

ART DECO LISTED LIBRARY

An attractive wood panelled room with balcony, intricate parquet floor and outstanding stained-glass windows casting plenty of natural light, the Art Deco Listed Library of the Institut français would make an elegant and impressive setting for conferences, boardrooms, cocktails or acoustic concerts.

Institut français du Royaume-Uni 17 Queensberry Place, SW7 2DT

Contact 020 7871 3515 / box.office@institutfrancais.org.uk

Opening hours Mon - Fri: 9am - 9.30pm / Sat - Sun: 10am - 9.30pm

Language Centre 13 Cromwell Place, London SW7 2JN

Contact 020 7871 3535 / language-centre@institutfrancais.org.uk

Opening hours Mon - Thu: 9am - 8.30pm / Fri: 9am - 4pm / Sat: 9am - 4.30pm

Colliers Wood Library
Mitcham Library
Mitcham Library Events Calendar
Morden Library
Pollards Hill Library
Raynes Park Library
West Barnes Library
Wimbledon Library
Home visits service
Library Connect

1. Beckton Library
2. Canning Town Library

3. Custom House Library

4. East Ham Library

5. The Gate Library

6. Green Street Library

7. Manor Park Library

8. North Woolwich Library

9. Newham Archives and Studies Library at Stratford Library

10. Plaistow Library

11. Stratford Library

The National Archives

Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU

Tel: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444

The Reading Agency

Free Word Centre
60 Farringdon Road EC1R 3GA

Young people

Our work with young people encourages 13 - 24 year olds to use the library, volunteer, inspire others to read and organise activities. Because everything changes when we read.

Adults

One in six adults struggles to read. Reading Ahead supports young people and adults who struggle with the written word or who don't read for pleasure. Reading Groups for Everyone celebrates all the good things that happen when people come together to share reading and Reading Well supports people's health and wellbeing. Because everything changes when we read.

The RBKC Library Time Machine

Kensington Central Library 12 Phillimore Walk, London, W8 7RX

Brompton Library 210 Old Brompton Road. SW5 0BS

Chelsea Library King's Road, SW3 5EZ

Kensal Library 20 Golborne Road, London W10 5PF

North Kensington Library 108 Ladbroke Grove

North Kensington, W11 1PZ

Nottinghill Gate Library 1 Pembridge Square
Notting Hill, W2 4EW

Idea Store Bow 1 Gladstone Place, Roman Road Bow, E3 5ES

Idea Store Canary Wharf Churchill Place E14 5RB

Idea Store Chrisp Street 1 Vesey Path East India Dock Road E14 6BT

Idea Store Watney Market 260 Commercial Road E1 2FB

Idea Store Whitechapel 321 Whitechapel Road E1 1BU

Bethnal Green Library Cambridge Heath Road E2 0HL

Cubitt Town Library Strattondale Street E14 3HG

Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives 277 Bancroft Road, E1 4DQ

USING LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE SERVICES IN LONDON

The Science Museum's Dana Research Centre and Library is open five days a week, Monday to Friday, from 10.00 to 17.00.

The Dana Research Centre and Library
165 Queen's Gate
London
SW7 5HD 

Senate House Library
Senate House University of London, 
Malet St, Bloomsbury,  WC1E 7HU

The Library is in Central London - a short walk from London Underground, and national railway stations.

We are on the 4th floor of Senate House. Lifts are available on the ground floor (opposite the University of London reception desk, in the South Block). The Collections, study spaces, and reading rooms are on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th floors - access is via the 4th floor.

Child of Magohalmi and the Echos of Creation

ABOUT THE WORK

For her Art Night 2019 commission London-based, Canadian artist Zadie Xa will stage a multimedia theatrical installation in the historic reading room of Walthamstow Library. Audiences are invited to enter into an immersive, subaquatic and marine environment of spoken word and sonic interludes. The artist will present an origin story inspired loosely by Korean folkloric creation myths.

Chingford Library Plus

The Green, Chingford E4 7EN 

Hale End Library

Castle Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD 

Higham Hill Library

North Countess Road, Walthamstow E17 5HS 

Lea Bridge Library

Lea Bridge Road, Leyton E10 7HU 

Leyton Library Plus

High Road, Leyton E10 5QH 

Leytonstone Library Plus

6 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG 

Walthamstow Library Plus

High Street, Walthamstow E17 7JN 

Wood Street Library

Forest Road, Walthamstow E17 4AA 

Balham Library 16 Ramsden RoadSW12 8QY

Battersea Library 265 Lavender Hill SW11 1JB

Battersea Park Library 309 Battersea Park Road
SW11 4NF

Earlsfield Library 276 Magdalen Road SW18 3NY

Northcote Library 155e Northcote Road
SW11 6HW

Putney Library 5/7 Disraeli Road SW15 2DR

Roehampton Library 2 Danebury Avenue
SW15 4HD

Southfields Library 300 Wimbledon Park Road
SW19 6NL

Tooting Library 75 Mitcham Road SW17 9PD

Wandsworth Town Library 11 Garratt Lane
SW18 4AQ

York Gardens Library 34 Lavender Road
SW11 2UG

Become a member of the Wellcome Library by applying for a five-year Library Card. Membership is free. The Wellcome Library is free and open to anyone interested in the history of health and medicine. You can become a member by applying for a five-year Library Card.

The Wellcome Library

University College London

183 Euston Rd NW1 2BE

Phone: 020 7611 8722

Archives Centre, 10 St Ann's St, Westminster, SW1P 2DE 

Westminster City Council holds a fascinating collection of paintings which are held at the City of Westminster Archives Centre or on display in other Council buildings. 

Charing Cross Library: 4 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HF 

Church Street Library: 67 Church Street, London, NW8 8EU 

Express Library, See Archive Centre above

Little Venice Sports Centre Library:  10 Crompton Street London W2 1ND

 Maida Vale Library: Sutherland Avenue, London, W9 2QT

Mayfair Library: 25 South Audley Street, London, W1K 2PB 

Paddington Library: Porchester Road, London, W2 5DU

Pimlico Library: Lupus Street, London, SW1V 3AT 

Queen's Park Library: 666 Harrow Road, London, W10 4NE 

St John's Wood Library: 20 Circus Road, London, NW8 6PD 

Victoria Library: 160 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9UD 

Westminster Chinese Library: see Charing Cross Library above

Westminster Music Library: See Victoria Library above

This is one of the largest public music libraries in the UK that was founded in 1946 with the music collections of music critic Edwin Evans. It is inside Victoria library. 

Westminster Reference Library: 35 St. Martin's Street, London, WC2H 7HP