This section contains a listing of some of the best libraries in London

Both specialist and general libraries are listed here.

•   29 September The Women's Art Library (MAKE)
  address

  Special Collections, Goldsmiths College, Rutherford Information Services Building, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
  telephone

  020 7717 2295
  email

  make@gold.ac.uk
  website

  make.gold.ac.uk

  The Women's Art Library / MAKE is a resource based in the Library of Goldsmiths College facilitating the study and appreciation of work by women artists. The Women's Art Library collects and preserves photographic and other documentation of work made by women artists, books and catalogues on women's art, its social and historical context, and individual artists' archives. Also collected are artists' books, posters and periodicals, including Make, the magazine of women's art published until 2001. A photocopy service is available. To make an appointment (available Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday) contact Goldsmiths College Library on the details listed above.

•   29 September Natural History Museum
  address

  Cromwell Road, London
  telephone

  020 7942 5000
  website

  http://www.nhm.ac.uk
  website

  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/library/

  National museum of natural history, from dinosaurs to contemporary birds and mammals. Library and Information Services is a reference library for the biological and earth sciences. The Library is comprised of over one million books with the oldest dating from 1469, 25,000 periodical titles (one third current) and half a million artworks, and has extensive map, manuscript and photographic collections.

•   29 September Architectural Association & AA School of Architecture
  website

  http://www.aaschool.ac.uk
  email

  eventslist@aaschool.ac.uk
  fax

  020 7414 0782
  telephone

  020 7887 4000
  address

  34-36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES
  contact

  eventslist@aaschool.ac.uk

  Wide range of lectures, talks and events open to AA members. See the site for how to become a member and eligibility.

•   29 September Crafts Council Research Library
  address

  Crafts Council, 44a Pentonville Road, London N1 9BY
  contact

  R_Brockhurst@craftscouncil.org.uk
  telephone

  020 7806 2502
  email

  R_Brockhurst@craftscouncil.org.uk
  website

  http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/professional-development/research-and-information/research-library

  A unique collection of resources that map the development of contemporary craft, from the mid-twentieth century to the present day.

•   29 September Tate Archive Journeys
  website

  http://www.tate.org.uk/research/archive

  Tate is starting to provide online access to parts of its Archive for the first time. These journeys through three themes from the Tate Archive provide an insight into Tate's History, the Bloomsbury Group and the art world of the 1960s and 70s as seen through the eyes of the art critic Barbara Reise.

•   29 September Bibliotheque Nationale de France
  address

  58 rue Richelieu, 75002, Paris
  telephone

  00 33 (0)1 53 79 53 79
  website

  http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/version_anglaise.htm?ancre=redirection.htm

  National Library of France

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