Mitchell Library
Being Human Festival: Books "Antiques" Roadshow
- Tickets
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Free
- Dates and times
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Thursday 13th Nov 2025
4:30pm
- Age
- All ages
- Venue
Bring a book that is meaningful to you or your loved ones, tell us its story and explain what makes it valuable to you!
Annotations, doodles, earmarks, pressed flowers between the pages... when it came to their relationship with books, past readers were not so different from us.
With your help, in this Antiques Roadshow-style community event we will uncover connections and similarities that bring together past and present, geographic distance, and different views of the world.
This is a drop-in event suitable for adults and families, and is part of the Book Tales: Storytelling Between Text and Object series.
The humanities help us understand what it means to be human. At Being Human we believe new ideas in the study of the human world – from literature, history, classics, archaeology, art history, philosophy, languages, cultural studies, music, theatre, theology, and more – should belong to everyone.
Accessibility guides
Read the accessibility guide for The Mitchell Library on AccessAble
Read our autism-friendly guide to the Mitchell Library
We also have a supply of books in Braille, large print and audio.
Accessible toilets
This accessible toilet is approximately 26m (28yd 1ft) from the main entrance. This accessible toilet is located to the rear right as you enter.
Assistance dogs
Guide and assistance dogs are welcome and a bowl of water can be provided.
Hearing loop
There is a fixed loop hearing assistance system.
This venue does not play background music.
Wheelchair access
There is a wheelchair to borrow. To borrow the wheelchair, please contact a member of staff.
Motorised scooters are allowed in public parts of the venue.
Baby changing
Baby feeding
Cafe or restaurant
The Café is open Monday to Saturday 9am to 4.15pm.
Click here to see the Café menu
Computers
PC's and printing services are available for public use.
Parking
Please note that there is on-street parking surrounding The Mitchell Library. This is metered from 8am-6pm. Monday to Friday. As this is a local residential area, please use these spaces considerately. Alternatively, there is a NCP Car Park on India Street next to Charing Cross Train Station which is a 2 minute walk away.
Photography and video recording
On occasion, Glasgow Life will be on the premises to film and take photos.
Free wifi
We provide free WIFI access and further access to over 50 PCs for public use
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