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Library, Garden Room, 2021

Volumes in the Rare Books Room, 2012

Showcase of Special Collections and Archive holdings, 2013

Showcase of Special Collections and Archive holdings, 2019

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Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the Library and a self-service scanner can be used for reproductions.

Photo by Antonio Palmieri

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Exhibition | Cent’anni a Roma: The Abbey Awards, 1926–2026

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

ITALY

In Conversation | Robert Harris on Agrippa

(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

ITALY

Fine Arts Event | Embodying the Archive: hands in touch with her life’s work

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

ITALY

Exhibition | Cent’anni a Roma: The Abbey Awards, 1926–2026

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

ITALY

In Conversation | Robert Harris on Agrippa

(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

ITALY

Fine Arts Event | Embodying the Archive: hands in touch with her life’s work

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

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