Exhibitions – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Curious Cures: the making of a medieval folded manuscript

Posted on 25 June 2025 by Special Collections

This post is by Beckett Thornber, an MA Conservation Studies student, specialising in books and library materials, at West Dean College. He spent six weeks […]

Conservation, Exhibitions, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

Cucumbers for Constipation and Vinegar for Verrucas: Curious Cures from the 21st Century

Posted on 28 April 2025 by James Freeman

The University Library’s new exhibition – Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World – delves into the intriguing, strange and sometimes improbable medical recipes from […]

Curious Cures, Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

Childbirth and charms: two new online exhibitions

Posted on 7 June 2024 by Special Collections

This guest post is by Summer Mainstone-Cotton and Aine Widdicombe, who are Masters students at the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge respectively. Earlier this year, […]

Curious Cures, Exhibitions, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

Zodiac Men and Talking Books: two new online exhibitions

Posted on 7 July 2023 by Special Collections

This guest post is by Sara Manlowe and Eleanor Watson, MA students from the Universities of Bristol and York respectively.

Curious Cures, Exhibitions, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

Classroom photographic journeys: the Alfred Hugh Fisher Collection

Posted on 18 April 2023 by Liam Sims

This guest post is by Dr Sabrina Meneghini, Associate Lecturer in Photographic History & Archival Heritage at Milan’s CFP Bauer. Sabrina recently completed her PhD […]

Exhibitions, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, South Asian, Special Collections

Secrets of the Abbey: History Returns

Posted on 5 May 2022 by Suzanne Paul

Big celebrations are taking place this year in the town of Bury St Edmunds, marking the 1000th anniversary of the foundation of its Benedictine abbey. […]

Anniversaries, Cambridge Digital Library, Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Pembroke College, Special Collections

Conservation for a Legendary Exhibition

Posted on 20 April 2022 by CUL Conservation

Cambridge University Library is home to one of the pre-eminent collections of Japanese material outside of Japan, including one of the first Japanese books ever to reach British shores. In […]

Conservation, Exhibitions, Japanese, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

Sounds of the Samurai

Posted on 15 February 2022 by Special Collections

The Library’s current exhibition, Samurai: History and Legend, is drawn from our world-class collections, home to one of the pre-eminent collections of Japanese material anywhere outside of […]

Exhibitions, Japanese, Special Collections

Conservation of a Bound Volume of Letters from the Darwin Archive

Posted on 19 January 2022 by CUL Conservation

This volume was kindly donated to the Library in 2018 and comprises 80 letters all of which were sent to William Kemp, an amateur geologist, […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Darwin Correspondence Project, Digitisation, Exhibitions, Manuscripts

War and words: Colin Macaulay and his manuscript connections

Posted on 17 May 2021 by Catherine Ansorge

One of Cambridge University Library’s most treasured manuscripts, the Codex Zacynthius, is displayed in the Library’s exhibition ‘Ghost Words: reading the past’. The focus here […]

Bible Society, Christian Works, Collectors and collecting, Exhibitions, Greek, Manuscripts, Special Collections

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