--- title: British Harry Potter Exhibit Google Arts & Culture App description: Here's how you can get an up close and personal look at the original sketch that J.K. Rowling made for Hogwarts without leaving your home. canonical: https://time.com/5179493/google-arts-culture-app-british-library-harry-potter/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-28T19:03:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:00.698Z og:title: Here's the Magical Hack to See JK Rowling's Hogwarts Sketch og:description: Accio! og:url: https://time.com/5179493/google-arts-culture-app-british-library-harry-potter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7584784c47c6208c/69892933ab6d77083a6b1ef2/british-library-j-k-rowling-harry-potter-google-app.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: J K Rowling Reads From New Harry Potter Book og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Magical Hack to See JK Rowling's Hogwarts Sketch twitter:description: Accio! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7584784c47c6208c/69892933ab6d77083a6b1ef2/british-library-j-k-rowling-harry-potter-google-app.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's the Magical Hack You Can Use to See J.K. Rowling's Original Hogwarts Sketch  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 28, 2018 7:03 PM UTC  EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 15: Harry Potter author JK Rowling arrives at Edinburgh Castle where she will read passages from the sixth magical children?s title ?Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince?, on July 15, 2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 70 junior reporters from around the world, aged between eight and 16, make up the audience, and meet and ask questions to the author ahead of the midnight release of the new volume. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 15: Harry Potter author JK Rowling arrives at Edinburgh Castle where she will read passages from the sixth magical children?s title ?Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince?, on July 15, 2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 70 junior reporters from around the world, aged between eight and 16, make up the audience, and meet and ask questions to the author ahead of the midnight release of the new volume. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)Christopher Furlong—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 28, 2018 7:03 PM UTC For anyone’s who dreamed of attending [Hogwarts](http://time.com/4922113/hogwarts-digital-tour/) or being [sorted into one of the four school’s houses](http://time.com/4809884/harry-potter-house-sorting-hat-quiz/), the British Library’s current exhibit, “Harry Potter: A History of Magic,” is a destination that will delight both wizards and Muggles alike. However, for those who can’t make it out to London to see the exhibit, the [Google Arts & Culture app](http://time.com/5105785/celebrity-google-art-selfies/) is providing a magical hack to bring the exhibit to everyone. With the Google Arts & Culture app, anyone can view J.K. Rowling’s original sketch for Hogwarts or take a 360-degree tour of the Divination room thanks to Google’s undertaking to digitize the entire exhibit. Additionally, inquisitive wizards-in-training can look at The Museum of Witchcraft & Magic collection (a collection of over 3,000 otherworldly items, from broomsticks to crystal balls), take courses in everything from potions to herbology, and even learn how to take care of magical creatures and fantastic beasts. Google’s decision to put the exhibit on the app came after the original exhibit at the library sold out in record time; to see a sample of what you can experience with the Google Arts & Culture app, watch the clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5179493/google-arts-culture-app-british-library-harry-potter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5179493/google-arts-culture-app-british-library-harry-potter/"},"headline":"Here's the Magical Hack You Can Use to See J.K. 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