London has 250 museums and galleries including world famous national museums, 26 local authority services and a diverse range of independent specialist collections.
The 385 public libraries spread throughout the city are open for almost 16,000 hours every week, and the capital is home to nearly a third of all the UK’s archives, holding over 20,000 cubic metres of local authority records alone.
The new £2m library at Westfield Shopping Centre was built and fitted out at the centre's owners at their own expense as part of a
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The Horniman Museum, in London, has developed a wide-ranging programme of community engagement with hands-on handling of the...
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The new Elm Park Library, which scooped a sustainable design and construction award in the Havering Business Awards, will be the
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A library in the shape of an inverted pyramid will partly overhang the Canada Water basin in London.
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Camden's innovative Refugee Work Experience Placement programme has enabled refugees to gain skills that will help future career
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A ongoing scheme that placed teacher trainees at the British Postal Museum and Archive (BPMA) has encouraged participants to...
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How a “supermarket” style library service complete with check-in/check-out kiosks attracted local time-pressed office workers
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After a refurbishment taking two years, The Whitechapel Gallery has reopened to the public with more space for exhibitions and...
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A project which has been recording the memories of workers in London’s Thames Gateway has been praised by participants, volunteers
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