Conservation At The British Library

Take a glimpse inside our

As a working

'I love my work. I love working with my hands. When I see damage to a book, it's like the book needs a doctor – and I'm that doctor.

Stored folded for 200 years, finally able to stretch his wings – that's got to feel good! Watch Alexa, one of our conservators, ...

'You can do some magic things in

'You've got to make friends with the items before you can actually work on them.' Watch our Textile Conservator Liz Rose work on ...

The Endangered Archives Programme: digitising vulnerable material around the world Jody Butterworth, EAP Curator,

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The Tangut documents are part of the Stein collection that is held at the

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Tania Estrada-Valadez, Marie Kaladgew, Paulina Kralka & Marya Muzart's presentation titled '

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The Wire takes a tour of the

Over the centuries Magna Carta has influenced kings and statesmen, lawyers and lawmakers, prisoners, Chartists and ...

Marie Kaladgew, Paulina Kralka & Marya Muzart's presentation titled 'The Lotus Sutra Project at the

Here's a quick guide to exploring the

The Endangered Archives Programme is supported by Arcadia Fund and based at the

Beth Gaskell kicks off our 2026 RSVP Digital Events series with a behind-the-scenes look at the preservation and

Have you ever read a book bound in cardboard? Born of economic crisis in Argentina in the early-mid 2000s, cartonera is a ...