Most of our events are free, however, you are
still advised to book in advance.
Click here to download the entire May to August
2012 events brochure (2mb)
Dickens 2012
Click here for a list of events cleberating the 200th birthday of
Charles Dickens
Venue and contact details
Barbican Library
Barbican Centre, London, EC2Y 8DS
Tel 020 7638 0569
Fax 020 7638 2249
Textphone 020 7332 3803
Email
barbicanlib@cityoflondon.gov.uk
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/barbicanlibrary
Opening times
Monday, Wednesday 9.30am–5.30pm
Tuesday, Thursday 9.30am–7.30pm
Friday 9.30am–2pm
Saturday 9.30am–4pm
The City’s largest lending library with an excellent General
Library, one of London’s most significant Music Libraries, and a
Children’s Library plus study areas, listening booths and practice
pianos.
Camomile Street Library
The Library closed for the last time on Friday 4 March 2011 as
the building is being redeveloped. Plans for a temporary
replacement are in hand and will be publicised as soon as
possible.
City Business Library
Aldermanbury, London, EC2V 7HH
Events booking line
Tel 020 7332 1858
Email
cblevents@cityoflondon.gov.uk
General enquiries
Tel 020 7332 1812
Textphone 020 7332 3803
Email
cbl@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Opening times
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5pm
The major public library for business information offering free
access to a range of global information resources. Expert staff to
help access data required using both print and authoritative
subscription-based databases.
City Digital Archive
In Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London, EC2V 7HH
Tel 020 7332 1868/1870
Email
guildhall.library@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Opening times
Monday to Saturday 9.30am–4.45pm
Closed Bank Holiday weekends including Saturdays
The City Digital Archive provides free access to a wealth of
material available in digital form for historical research.
Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Yard, London, EC2V 5AE
Tel 020 7332 3700
Fax 020 7332 3342
Email
guildhall.artgallery@cityoflondon.gov.uk
www.guildhallartgallery.cityoflondon.gov.uk
Opening times
Monday–Saturday 10am–5pm
Sunday 12noon - 4pm.
Last admissions - 30 minutes before the advertised closing
time.
Guildhall Art Gallery is the home of the City of London
Corporation’s collection of works of art, presenting permanent
displays, a lively programme of special exhibitions and the remains
of London’s Roman Amphitheatre.
Admission
General admission to the Gallery and Amphitheatre is
free, although there will be charges for special
exhibitions: Adults £5, concessions £3, groups of 10 or more £4 per
person. Exhibitions are free to children under 16, members of the
Art Fund and Friends of Guildhall Art Galllery.
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury, London, EC2V 7HH
Tel 020 7332 1868/70
Textphone 020 7332 3803
Email
guildhall.library@cityoflondon.gov.uk
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhalllibrary
Opening times
Monday to Saturday 9.30 am–5 pm
Closed Bank Holiday weekends including Saturdays
One of the UK’s richest sources on London history including
trade directories, poll books, books on food and wine, maritime
history including the Lloyd’s marine collection, and the libraries
of Gresham College, the Antiquarian Horological Society, and the
Clockmakers’, Gardeners’ and Fletchers’ Companies.
Keats House
Keats Grove, Hampstead, London, NW3 2RR
Tel 020 7332 3868
Email
keatshouse@cityoflondon.gov.uk
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/keatshousehampstead
Opening times
Easter–31 October, Tuesday–Sunday 1pm–5pm
1 November–Easter, Friday–Sunday 1pm–5pm
The house where John Keats lived from 1818–1820 contains
furniture, objects, paintings, prints and drawings from the Keats
House collection.
Admission
Adults £5, concessions £3, children aged 16 and under free
London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB
Tel 020 7332 3851
Fax 020 7833 9136
Email
ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma
Opening times
Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9.30am–4.45pm
Tuesday & Thursday 9.30am–7.30pm
From 14 November opening times will be:
Monday 9.30am–4.45pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 9.30am–7.30pm
Friday Closed
Please check the Visitor Information on the LMA pages for
Saturday opening times.
London Metropolitan Archives is the largest local authority
archive in the United Kingdom with over 105 km of research
collections that document the capital’s history from 1067 to the
present day.
Shoe Lane Library
Hill House, 1 Little New Street, London, EC4A 3JR
Tel 020 7583 7178
Textphone 020 7332 3803
Email
shoelane@cityoflondon.gov.uk
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/shoelanelibrary
Opening times
Monday, Wednesday to Friday 9am– 5.30pm
Tuesday 9am–6.30pm
Situated just off Fleet Street, Shoe Lane Library serves the
west of the City and, in addition to a full range of books, music
CDs and DVDs, offers a lively programme of lunchtime talks and
children’s events throughout the year.