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Libraries, museums and bookstores: The Barbican

© Lakeside Terrace, Barbican Centre. CREDIT Max Colson

Opening Hours

Art Gallery

Sun-Wed 10am-6pm (last entry 5pm)
Thu-Sat 10am-8pm (last entry 7pm)

Check the website for bank holiday opening hours.

Barbican Library

Mon: 9.30am–5.30pm

Tue: 9.30am–7.30pm

Wed: 9.30am–5.30pm

Thu: 9.30am–7.30pm

Fri: 9.30am–5.30pm

Sat: 9.30am–4pm

Sun: closed

How to get there?

Barbican Centre
Silk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS

The Barbican is 20 minutes away from the school so you can go before or after class for example.

Otherwise, the closest stations are :

  • Barbican

  • Moorgate

  • St Paul's

About the Barbican

The Barbican Center was opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II on 3 March 1982. 

It is a performing arts center gathering

  • a theater,
  • an art gallery,
  • a cinema,
  • conference halls,
  • a library, 
  • a conservatory. 

Therefore, you can go to the Barbican center to see art exhibitions, classical and contemporary music concerts, movies, and theatre performances for example. 

It was built by the architect firm Chamberlin, Powell and Bon and it is considered an icon of Brutalist architecture.

You can find more information about the events and about the center in itself on the website. 

Exhibitions

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

In this major group exhibition, 50 international, intergenerational artists use textiles to communicate vital ideas about power, resistance and survival. From intimate hand-crafted pieces to monumental sculptural installations, these works offer narratives of violence, imperialism and exclusion alongside stories of resilience, love and hope.

Exhibition Page

Press Release

For more events, check this page.