An architectural cross-section by Haworth Tompkins depicting the possible design of the Warburg Institute

With the completion of the Warburg Renaissance project, which began in July 2022 and completed in September 2024, we are no longer updating this page. All collections are now accessible in the Institute and only snagging work remains to be completed.

The Library and collections remained open throughout the entire building project. We would like to thank the readers who returned through drilling and dust; who searched out books in awkward corners while we moved our collections into every free space in the Institute; and who suffered through two unheated winters and the unfortunate week when a summer heatwave coincided with the testing of the new heating system. 

The refurbished institute, with space for expansion, a beautiful new lecture theatre and an almost unrecognisable ground floor, makes it all worthwhile.