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  1. Jan 21

    Love P G Wodehouse? Discover his lesser-known life in an afternoon of music, discussion and performance on 28 Jan

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  2. Jan 21

    What do Captain America, Wonder Woman and a 10th-century manuscript have in common? has the answer

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  3. Jan 20

    East India Company Court of Directors' Minute Books 1599-1858 now available as a digital resource We're thrilled!

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  4. Jan 20

    Happy 🐧! This illustration of emperor penguins was created on a voyage of the Antarctic between 1839 and 1843.

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  5. Jan 19

    The provocative maps that tell Britain’s history via

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  6. Jan 20

    Our copy of Shakespeare's First Folio can now be seen , the first time a is on display in India.

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    's first folio in . First time this complete copy has ever left the UK. V.exciting!!
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  7. Jan 19

    Quoth the Library: Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809. His tales are evocatively illustrated in this collection

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  8. Jan 19

    always a great place to hang out for a few hours immense & awe inspiring space

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  9. Jan 19

    to our event with and . Have you seen our exhibition yet?

    Derren Brown and Nina Conti in Conversation
    Two talented and contrasting performers discuss their stage craft with co-curator of our #BLVictorianFun exhibition, Christopher Green.
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  10. Jan 18

    We hope you enjoyed our . Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line closes 1 March, book now!

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  11. Jan 18

    Walking in to see the exhibition space for the first time and everyone’s hard work come together.

    What was your favourite part of curating this exhibition?
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  12. Jan 18

    From travelling around Europe in the back of my dad’s Morris Minor. I like maps but there’s not enough room for 4.5 million at home! (Jim)

    How did curators Jim, Magdalena & Tom get in to maps? Are there any from the collection they wish they owned?
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  13. Jan 18

    Tolkien said this about his writing method: ‘I started with a map and let the story flow from there.’ Sounds perfect to us!

    Request for facts about the silk escape maps, and/or Tolkien, please!
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  14. Jan 18

    Aw thanks! It’s a different sort of exhibition to MM – you can see some highlights from it here

    Does the show reference your excellent 2010 Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art exhibition?
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  15. Jan 18

    We end the exhibition with this 16-years-of-GPS-data London map. So is it better to be on, or off the map? (© Jeremy Wood 2016)

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  16. Jan 18

    There are a couple of layers of mobility in this one: a tube map that’s been turned into a board game!

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  17. Jan 18

    The last section looks at how maps captured a moving, changing world. Here's Magdalena with a striking Atlantic Ocean floor map

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  18. Jan 18

    Even out-of-date maps became valuable! Mercator’s 1570 handmade atlas was found in a second-hand bookshop in 1967

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  19. Jan 18

    The map Breakfast Island was printed onto a breakfast tray the year food rationing ended in 1953!

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  20. Jan 18

    Tom’s : fruit was shipped across the world from Florida & California. These vibrant crate labels are from between 1911-17 (2/2)

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