
Visiting the Library
Following the lockdown announcement, our Researchers' Service is currently closed. Our Library will also remain closed. Find out more.
Bishopsgate Institute is open to everyone. We operate a free public space for private study (the Library), and a Special Collections and Archives Researchers’ Area where our unique and nationally renowned collections can be consulted.
As well as providing a space for independent quiet study, our Library space is stocked with daily newspapers and current affairs periodicals and magazines. Personal devices and laptops can be used with our free WIFI access. Drinks (with lids) are permitted in the Library, but food must be consumed elsewhere.
Both the Library and the Special Collections and Archives Researchers’ Area are wheelchair accessible. Assistance dogs are welcome.
There are no membership requirements. Everyone is welcome. We are a reference library only – books and other materials may only be consulted on site.