LSE Library, the largest social science library in Europe, has opened a new Exhibition Space, a state-of-the-art facility to showcase the best and most interesting items from the Library’s collections.
The Exhibition Space includes a video wall alongside two display cases for collection items, enabling the Library to host a series of changing exhibitions. The inaugural exhibition, Campaigning; Causes and Connections, focusses on the subject of protest, exploring the connections between the Library’s collections, including campaigns for the vote, peace, and gay and women’s equality.
An array of unique items are on display, from posters created at the Greenham Common occupation camp to badges supporting the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, as well as a rare ‘Votes for Women’ silk scarf and handwritten correspondences between Emmeline Pankhurst and Keir Hardie.
Anna Towlson, Archives and Special Collections Manager at LSE Library, said:
“Public engagement is a key part of the School’s mission and the Library supports this by widening access to our collections, both physically and digitally. The Exhibition Space is just one of many emerging exciting prospects for us.”
Campaigning; Causes and Connections is open until 31 August 2015 and admission is free.
3 July 2015