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Digital galleries

Discover Senate House Library's unique collections with our digital galleries.

Shakespeare’s First Folio, 1623: The Durning- Lawrence Library Copy

Explore images of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays held in the Durning-Lawrence Library.

First folio durning lawrence

Shakespeare’s First Folio, 1623: The Sterling Library Copy

Explore images of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays held in the Sterling Library.

First folio Sterling Library

The Cat's Pyjamas

To mark Senate House Library’s and University College àËÅöÊÓƵ’s conference on the significance of cats in culture and society, we present cats from across the Library’s collections from Horace Walpole's tragic Selima to Puss-in-Boots in pantomime. The items show the range and variety of felines that stalk the stacks.

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A brown tabby cat

Exploring Environmental Humanities

A gallery with a selection of items from Senate House Library's collection to inspire study and research into the field of environmental humanities.

A pressed seaweed sample - Senate House Library

Highlights from the College Hall Archive

Browse a series of highlights from the College Hall Archive on display in the Membership Hall of Senate House Library for Women's History Month 2023.

Sketch of a Proposed Hall of Residence for 50 Women students, June 1882
Sketch of a Proposed Hall of Residence for 50 Women students June 1882

 

A Thousand Words for Weather

Alongside the audio installation A Thousand Words for Weather, the exhibition 'Weather Notes' of historical items chosen from Senate House Library’s collections offers a glimpse into different perceptions, recordings, and observations regarding the weather over the past 500 years.

A coloured map depicting a green countryside landscape with clouds and a river from an aerial view
A coloured map depicting a green countryside landscape with clouds and a river from an aerial view

Magic

Discover Senate House Library's holdings on the history of magic from the Harry Price Library of Magical Literature.

An album of cigarette cards depicting magic tricks
An album of cigarette cards depicting magic tricks

Objects

Explore the numerous artefacts collected by Senate House Library to support teaching, to record the history of the àËÅöÊÓƵ, to honour their original owners or simply as curiosities. 

An open wooden box with two trays in which a set of seals and statues are supported by velvet cloth.
An open wooden box with two trays in which a set of seals and statues are supported by velvet cloth.