It has only taken slightly more than 200 years, but here is the Gibraltar Garrison Library's first tweet!

The Gibraltar Garrison Library extends its most heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Tito Benady. An eminent historian, writer and champion of our Gibraltar story. May he rest in peace.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. To commemorate this occasion, we are sharing a front page from a Gibraltar Chronicle, along with a special souvenir supplement published during Her Majesty’s Royal visit to the Rock in 1954.

🌼 Easter Closure Notice 🌼 Please note that the Gibraltar Garrison Library will be closed as from 1pm on Thursday, 2nd April for the Easter holidays. The library will reopen on Tuesday, 7th April, resuming normal opening hours. We wish everyone a wonderful Easter!

The Gibraltar Garrison Library is home to a significant collection of maps, each reflecting various periods in Gibraltar's history and development. The photographs below, kindly taken by Cpl. Tim Hammond, highlight just a small selection of these detailed plans.

We thought our followers might enjoy these pen and ink sketches by William Mann depicting various scenes around Gibraltar, c. 1838.

Attention readers, due to the adverse weather conditions, The Gibraltar Garrison Library will remain closed today. In the meantime, you can still contact us online via [email protected] and we shall update you as soon as we re-open. Stay safe out there!

Here is a selection of photographs from this album, 'Operational Photographs Taken at Gibraltar, 1940–1945', which document the military activity conducted on the Rock during the Second World War. #GibraltarGarrisonLibrary #GibraltarHistory #LocalHistory

We thought our followers might enjoy this photo album of Gibraltar, featuring snapshots from around 1870. The album was assembled almost a century later by Brigadier T. J. F. Collins, C.B.E., during his stay at The Convent in April, 1965. #GibraltarHistory #LocalHistory

Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the partial reopening of the frontier, which was limited to pedestrians during specific hours of the day. Here are some pages from the Gibraltar Chronicle taken from our archive which recorded this pivotal event on the 15th December, 1982.

In light of the festive spirit, we thought our followers might find this facsimile reproduction of Charles Dickens' 'The Christmas Carol' interesting. The photo of the manuscript below shows the writer's own scribbles and amendments✍️ #GibraltarGarrisonLibrary #Christmas

Our Christmas decorations are finally up for the festive period! #GibraltarGarrisonLibrary #Christmas #visitgibraltar

We thought our followers might find this souvenir view folder from our collection interesting This series of postcard photographs, 'Gibraltar: 30 Views', unfolds to reveal sites around Gibraltar taken in the 1930s by French photographer L. Roisin #LocalHistory #GibraltarHistory

We are delighted to be participating in the Unbuilt Gibraltar 2025 exhibition taking place at Art Space Gallery! Here are some photos of our contribution to the project which include development plans from the 1960s, taken from our Gibraltar Chronicle Archive.

It was a pleasure to host @TheArtsSociety_ yesterday evening, for the 'Women in Art' lecture by Alejandra Carazo. Explore the full programme below for further details and upcoming events hosted here at the Garrison Library!

To kickstart the festive period, we thought that our followers may be interested in the Silent Night concert organised by The Gibraltar Classical Music Society, which will be taking place at the Holy Trinity Cathedral at 7:30 pm on Tuesday 25th and Thursday 27th November.