Libraries, Museums and Archives

Find all about Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire library services by following the menu links at the Virtual Library home page
You have a large reference library available to you on the Virtual Library. The library service subscribes to many online collections of reference books, newspapers and magazines so that you can view them free on your screen. See the e-resources page to log in
For links to other UK public library web sites, see the Public Libraries in the United Kingdom site. At many web sites you can search library online catalogues
For more library services, including the British Library, see the Libraries page of WebLinks
You can also find details of libraries devoted to specific subject areas in the specific subject sections of the WebLinks. For example, in the Poetry section of WebLinks there is the National Poetry Library web site
Many specialist library web sites include online catalogues
Many museums on specific subjects have their own libraries. See the separate Museums page
See also the separate Archives section for related information

Find links to many museums at Museums in WebLinks
Some major museums on specific subjects are at the relevant subject sections of WebLinks. For example, art museums are at Art and Design
For details of museums in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough, see the Local Information Database
See also the separate History and archaeology section for related information