Westminster Abbey Library - Art Fund

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About

The Library and Muniment Room houses the extensive historic collections of books, manuscripts and archival material belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

The collection includes 14,000 pre-19th-century printed books and the archives of Westminster Abbey from the 10th century to the present day. Open by appointment only.

Westminster Abbey Library

Free to all

Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, SW1P 3PA

020 7654 4830

Opening times

Mon – Thu, 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 4.45pm Visits by appointment only.

Exhibitions nearby

Colour & Light | The British Plein Air Painters

Mall Galleries, London
7 – 12 September 2021

50% off exhibitions

Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2021

Mall Galleries, London
24 November – 4 December 2021

50% off exhibitions

The Natural Eye 2021

Mall Galleries, London
14 – 24 October 2021

50% off exhibitions

Across the Channel at Dusk (detail)

Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2021

Mall Galleries, London
30 September – 10 October 2021

50% off exhibitions

Art we’ve helped buy at Westminster Abbey Library

Westminster Cloisters

Acquired 1936

The Dean's Yard Westminster

Acquired 1937

Drawings of proposals for Westminster Abbey

Acquired 1993