Illustrating Our World

The British Library is the national library of the UK, and they are here for everyone. Their shelves hold over 170 million items – a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although their roots extend back centuries, they aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow, and far into the future.

Imperial War Museums (IWM) was founded in the midst of the First World War with a mission to preserve and tell the stories of all kinds of people from around the world. They continue to do this work right up to present-day conflict, covering over 100 years of experience throughout the Commonwealth.

Dating back to the Middle Ages, the Royal Armouries has cared for one of the most important national collections of arms and armour in the world.

The RSPB is the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, protecting habitats, saving species and helping to end the climate and nature emergency. Nature is in crisis. Together we can save it.

With Schönbrunn Palace, the Vienna Furniture Museum, the Sisi Museum in the Vienna Hofburg and the Schloss Hof Estate, the Schönbrunn Group administers the foremost attractions of Austria’s Imperial heritage.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is the independent charity that cares for the world’s greatest Shakespeare heritage in his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon.