Visiting Bishopgate Institute

Non-showy entrance

The library is a comfortable space where people can come in to work surrounded by old books.

An interesting photo of a old man reading intently, an awkward sexual poster and traditional emblems hung on the second floor.

I wonder if they are scholars?

The emblems are made intricately with the ornament of organic plants and flowers.

The towering archive of books full of infinite information.

There was a very engaging and humorous sharing of interesting nit bits in the collection. There are lengthy archives about London from the past and now. It is important to preserve modern publications too as long as they show our current values and culture, since they will one day be artefacts of the past.

Badges, straps and ribbons in the suffragette movement: wearing it incorporates the value into the wearer's identity.

Interesting diary with a secret record.