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Information about themed exhibitions in the Main Library which include material from UCL Special Collections, as well as temporary and permanent exhibitions held at other UCL Libraries and elsewhere.
UCL Library Services has extensive archives, rare books, manuscripts, personal papers, historical records and artefacts across a range of subjects. Each year there are themed exhibitions in the Main Library that draw particularly on highlights from UCL Special Collections. There are also both temporary and permanent exhibitions at other UCL libraries. On occasion, the libraries arrange exhibitions at alternative UCL and external locations too.
Next exhibition
From Small Library Beginnings: a brief history of UCL Library Services
In 2019 we join the Department of Information Studies in celebrating 100 years since the opening of UCL’s School of Librarianship, with an exhibition narrating the history of our libraries from the earliest presence in the 1820s to the multi-site department of today. Built on foundations of donations and bequests, they hold significant collections including Frederic David Mocatta’s private library, and the Little Magazines. Key to their development, library spaces, librarians, researchers and students are also represented in this selection of items from UCL Special Collections. This exhibition will run from March 2019.
Previous exhibitions
Our last 3 exhibitions are listed below.
Information about all our previous exhibitions is also available.
 Dangers and Delusions"? Perspectives on the women's suffrage movementFebruary - December 2018 |
 East Side Stories: Londoners in transitionJanuary - December 2017 |
 Fair play and foul: connecting with Shakespeare at UCLFebruary - December 2016 |
Current exhibitions
 The Queen Square Archive, Rare Books and Museum collections are housed in and managed by the Queen Square Library. |
Previous exhibitions
 Crispin Hughes and Susi Arnott collaborated with Swedish mathematician Sofia Olhede (UCL Big Data Institute) on inter-tidal spaces and fluid dynamics. The exhibition ran in the Science Library Cafe. |
 Banham taught at The Bartlett as senior lecturer of architectural history from 1964-1978. The exhibition sought to revive Banham's legacy, elucidating his role at The Bartlett and his wider cultural impact. |
 Includes Queen Square Archives and Museum and Rare books and Queen Square reprints. |
 Including Moorfields Eye Hospital Museum and rare and historical collection of books on ophthalmology. |