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Become a Friend

With 3,000 members and counting, the Friends of the British Library is a registered charity made up of faithful supporters.

From their resources, the Friends make regular grants to the Library for acquisitions, exhibitions, new equipment and facilities, and activities.

Become a friend for just £35 a year. It is an affordable way to support the Library. 

Benefits include:

  • Private guided visits to leading libraries, museums and collections
  • Discounted admission to Library exhibitions, when there is an entry charge*
  • Quarterly Friends Newsletter and the British Library’s Exhibitions and Events brochure
  • Comfortable Members’ Room with newspapers and magazines
  • Discount in the Library Shop*
  • Discount on lectures in the Library*
  • Discounts on outside cultural events

* Discounts are at the discretion of the
British Library
 

Subscription rates:

  • Standard membership £45
  • Joint membership £60
  • Concessions* £35
  • Joint concessions* £45
  • Companies £550
  • Life Membership (single) £675
  • Life Membership (joint) £900
     

* Students, unwaged, under 25, 60 or over, British Library staff

Ways to join:

Call us on 020 7412 7734

Complete a membership form and post it to us at:

Friends of the British Library

96 Euston Road

London NW1 2DB

The Friends of the British Library is registered charity no. 328095

"Become a friend and help support the British Library in its work of collecting and conserving books, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings and other objects of cultural, business and scientific importance. The collections cover not only the UK but also India, the Americas, Europe and the rest of
the world."
Lord Hameed
Chairman, the Friends of the British Library