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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.


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Westminster Abbey Library

Free to all

Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, SW1P 3PA

020 7654 4830

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Opening times

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


Exhibitions nearby

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The Lesson

Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2021

  • Mall Galleries, London
  • Until 5 December 2021
50% off exhibitions

Walter Sickert

  • Tate Britain, London
  • 28 April – 18 September 2022
50% off exhibitions

Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 50s - Now

  • Tate Britain, London
  • Until 2 April 2022
50% off exhibitions
William Hogarth Marriage A-la-Mode: 2, The Tête à Tête, 1743-45 © The National Gallery, London

Hogarth and Europe

  • Tate Britain, London
  • Until 20 March 2022
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
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