Glasgow Women's Library


The Living Archive


The aim of this series is to illustrate the many facets of Glasgow Women's Library, the only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women's lives, histories and achievements. The portraits capture the women that work in the library, archive, museum, art space and learning space. As caretakers of the B-listed Carnegie library, GWL are in the middle of future-proofing the building to have net zero emissions by 2030.

 

A woman standing at the front desk of a library
A woman seated at a desk in a cluttered office
A woman standing in a library next to a large wooden table
A woman seated at a table surrounded by reading books and word games
A woman standing in a white art space looking out of large windows
A woman holding flowers, standing in a garden outside Glasgow Women's Library
A woman, standing in a hallway under a quote from the poet Jacky Kay
A women standing between shelves of blue archival boxes
A woman leaning against an exhibition table in an archive space with protest placards
An umbrella stand painted in the colours used to represent the Suffragette movement
Four wooden blocks with names and dedications carved into them
A curtain with a black line drawing of women of historical significance
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