
Sat 19 Oct
10-12pm, 1pm-3pm - Squish Space Lab
Join Squish Space artists India Harvey and Lisa Marie Bengtsson for a special day of play and experimentation inspired by the Barbican and its archive.
12pm-1pm – Build Your Own Archive!
Join us for a fun creative workshop to design and build your own archive! A playful introduction to archiving, craft your own personal archive and add it to a collaborative new Barbican tower with its own archive collection. Suitable for families and children aged 6-12. Workshop led by members of the Barbican Young Curators group.
Sun 20 Oct
12pm-1pm – Build Your Own Archive!
Join us for a fun creative workshop to design and build your own archive! A playful introduction to archiving, craft your own personal archive and add it to a collaborative new Barbican tower with its own archive collection. Suitable for families and children aged 6-12. Workshop led by members of the Barbican Young Curators group.
£6 Young Barbican exhibition tickets
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All day on Level G
The Barbican Archive Jukebox
Discover the heritage of the Barbican through oral histories and animations in our interactive Archive Jukebox. Hear stories from Barbican and Golden Lane Estate residents and former employees who worked at the arts centre when it opened in 1982. Learn about the design of the Barbican from the daughter of architect Geoffry Powell and find out how the Barbican Archive was established. Find out what members of our Young Curators group think about archives and archiving today.
Created by Stand + Stare.
With thanks to Billy Mann, Abondance Matanda, Polly Powell, Libby Rice, Christopher Sharp and Kate Wood. Research support from Barbican Archive curatorial volunteers Stephanie Francis-Shanahan, William Jones, George Lyddiatt, Billy Mann and Anahi Saravia Herrera.
Discover
Watch: Barbican, 1969 - from London Metropolitan Archives
This film from the London Met Archives, documents the development scheme for a residential area in the City following the destruction of the area after World War II and the start of building works in the Barbican.

From the Archive: Barbican Guides
As we start to build a Barbican Archive, we uncovered every edition of the Barbican Guide. Documenting the range of events we've hosted since we first opened in March 1982, browse the first year of our monthly guide.
From the archive: John Cale's Drone Orchestra
Listen back to our 2014 podcast featuring John Cale, Liam Young and Robert Henke.
Level G
Location
Level G,
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.