Conservation appeal

Conservation appeal

Help us save the stories that shaped history

From the notes of Leonardo da Vinci to your favourite childhood books: it's all at your fingertips at the Library.

Our conservation team spend over 1,000 hours each month conserving at-risk items in our collection. We do this so that everyone has access to the stories that shaped history.

As a charity, we rely on donations to help make all this possible. That's why we're launching an appeal this year to raise £20,000 to conserve a wide range of items, from the medieval manuscript that annulled King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves to beloved children's books from the 1700s that preserve doodles by their past owners.

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How can I help?

The first £10,000 of donations will be matched thanks to our generous supporters, doubling any gift you make today.

£20 could purchase a kit of essential conservation equipment

£50 could pay for two hours of treatment on a children's book to restore its original binding

£100 could help our conservators deepen their expertise through specialist training

£1,000 could help us conserve the medieval manuscript that annulled Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves so that it can be safely handled by researchers

Our sincere thanks go to David and Kate Barclay, The Corcoran Foundation, The Vogel-Denebeim Family and Justin Zaremby for generously agreeing to match donations towards our conservation work.

102.65%

£20,530.42

raised of £20,000 target by 193 supporters

Any gift you make today will directly support our conservation work, helping us save the stories that shaped history.

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