Westminster Abbey Library - Art Fund

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Westminster Abbey Library is temporarily closed until further notice. Please check the venue's website for the latest details.

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

Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, SW1P 3PA

020 7654 4830

Opening times

Temporarily closed

Free to all

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Exhibitions nearby

Prospect Cottage c.1990

Derek Jarman: My garden’s boundaries are the horizon

Garden Museum, London
4 July – 20 September 2020
50% off with National Art Pass

Temporarily closed

Aubrey Beardsley, The Climax, 1893 (published 1907), Photo: Stephen Calloway

Aubrey Beardsley

Tate Britain, London
27 July – 20 September 2020
50% off with National Art Pass

Temporarily closed

Steve McQueen, Year 3 Class Photographs © Steve McQueen and Tate

Steve McQueen Year 3

Tate Britain, London
Until 31 January 2021
50% off with National Art Pass

Temporarily closed

JMW Turner Rain, Steam and Speed - the Great Western Railway exhibited 1844 The National Gallery, London

Turner's Modern World

Tate Britain, London
28 October 2020 – 7 March 2021
50% off with National Art Pass

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