Archive
Archive
Access to the Archives
The Archives are open for consultation by appointment
The Archives and Special Collections reading room is open
Monday-Friday 09.00-13.00, 14.00-16.30
For an insight into the Fine Arts Archive from an historical point of view, please visit the Fine Arts Archive webpage.
For an appointment, please contact the Archivist Alessandra Giovenco.
Latest Events
Latest Events
Founded by Gertrude Abbey in 1926, the Incorporated Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Scholarships (now the Abbey Awards) have supported generations of British and American painters
4 November 2026
18:00 - 21:00
(Italian below) Robert Harris presents his new novel Agrippa, published this autumn in English and Italian, in conversation with Italian author and former judge Giancarlo
6 November 2026
18:00 - 19:30
This promenade performance invites the audience to follow artists Holly Davey and Eloise Fornieles into the depths of the Fine Art Archive at the British
18 November 2026
Time slots to be booked online
Founded by Gertrude Abbey in 1926, the Incorporated Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Scholarships (now the Abbey Awards) have supported generations of British and American painters
4 November 2026
18:00 - 21:00
(Italian below) Robert Harris presents his new novel Agrippa, published this autumn in English and Italian, in conversation with Italian author and former judge Giancarlo
6 November 2026
18:00 - 19:30
This promenade performance invites the audience to follow artists Holly Davey and Eloise Fornieles into the depths of the Fine Art Archive at the British
18 November 2026
Time slots to be booked online
