New Bodleian (the Weston Library)

The Bodleian Libraries are currently undertaking a major restoration and renovation of the New Bodleian Library building, to be reopened as the Weston Library in 2015.

The project has three aims:

  • to create high-quality storage for the Libraries’ valuable special collections, which include the rare and unique manuscripts, books and maps that the Bodleian preserves for the international world of scholarship;
  • to develop the Libraries’ space for the support of advanced research;
  • to expand public access to our great treasures through new exhibition galleries and other facilities.
The Weston Library will become the new home of the Bodleian’s special collections.

What will the Weston Library look like? 



Watch progress in real time

Weston Library Construction - Live Webcam

The New Bodleian redevelopment centres around a new architectural design for the building developed by WilkinsonEyre Architects.

We are grateful to the supporters who have contributed to this restoration project to date; especially to the Garfield Weston Foundation; Oxford University Press; Julian Blackwell, the President of Blackwell’s Bookshop, which neighbours the New Bodleian; and numerous other individuals and organizations.

Fly-through by courtesy of Wilkinson Eyre and webcam images by Mace. 


Bodleian site

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