Welcome to The Women's Library

The Women’s Library is seeking a new home
On Wednesday 14 March, London Metropolitan University’s Board of Governors announced that they will be seeking a new home, custodian or sponsor of The Women’s Library Collections.

If a new home is not found by the end of December 2012, the Library will move to opening hours of one day per week for a period of three years, with a further review at the end of that period. The Library and its supporters are campaigning to ensure the best possible outcome for this outstanding national resource.

We will keep you informed about developments as they progress on our campaign page

If you have questions or queries, or any suggestions of potential custodians, please get in touch: moreinfo@thewomenslibrary.ac.uk

The Women's Library is a cultural centre housing the most extensive collection of women's history in the UK. The collections include books, pamphlets, periodicals, zines, artist books, audio-visuals, personal and organisational papers, objects, textiles and visual materials. You can visit our Reading Room to research and browse free of charge. To identify relevant materials search online

Welcome to The Women's Library

Current exhibition

All Work and Low Pay: The Story of Women and Work
Until 25 August 2012, free of charge

Visit the All Work and Low Pay exhibition blog

Hand Made Tales: online exhibition

Remember our Hand Made Tales: Women and Domestic Crafts exhibition in 2010-2011? If you missed seeing it live at The Women's Library, or if you came and you fancy revisiting, we've now transformed it into an online exhibition.

Spring/Summer 2012 Exhibitions and Events

From workshops to walks, study days to special events and lots more in between, there's something for everyone at The Women's Library this season. Take a look at our event calendar.

Calling volunteers to help with the annual stocktake week: Monday 11th June to Friday 15th June 10.00-16.00

The tasks involve working with museum objects, archives and printed materials and include stocktaking the collections, putting books in numeric order, sorting books for cataloguing, listing duplicate books, looking for missing items, sorting and listing ephemera and rare pamphlets and checking for missing books.

If you are able to help please contact d.shepherd@londonmet.ac.uk and state your name, if you have previously volunteered, the tasks you undertook and the days you wish volunteer.

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