Activities
Examine and experience the material features and characteristic appearances of medieval manuscripts, annotated books, prints, drawings, photographic albums and much more, in various settings.
Experience the collections
Visit the exhibition Touching Treasures, from 7 June to 9 September, at Leiden University Library. Or interact with the material from the special collections under supervision of curators and experts during hands-on demonstrations. And at a symposium in the autumn a selection of digital research techniques will be demonstrated and discussed, that will teach us more about the material culture behind special collections.
Programme
Via the agenda we will keep you informed about the programme activities:
| 2019 | |
| 9 April | Touching Treasures: The History of Photography (in Dutch) |
| 8 May: | In contact with collections: academic heritage |
Past activities:
| 2018 | |
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6 February -27 March: |
Course Determination of historical photographic processes |
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22 March: |
Performance De Vrijheijdt (1787). A Leiden opera in three parts |
| 5 & 6 April: |
Symposium the Materiality of Photographs in het Stedelijk Museum |
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17 May |
In contact with collections: medieval manuscripts |
| 28 May: | In contact with collections: intriguing historical cameras from Leiden University's photocollection |
| 30 May: | Lecture and demonstration Chinese typewriter |
| 22 May: | In contact with collections: maps and atlases (in Dutch) |
| 15 June - 9 September: | Exhibition Touching Treasures |
| 27 September: | In contact with collections: Touching Treasures (in Dutch) |
| 11 October - 23 November: | Determineren van historische grafische en fotomechanische technieken (in Dutch) |
| 16 November: | Symposium Digital techniques and consequences for research |
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10 December: |
Symposium The ‘Holy Land’ and Modernity: the Frank Scholten Collection in Context |
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21 December: |
In contact with collections: maps and atlases (in Dutch) |
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December: |
Special issue De Boekenwereld (Dutch magazine) |
| 2019 | |
| 10 January: | Study afternoon on bibliophile printing and demonstration on BDMS printing press |
| 17 January: | Study afternoon on Priesterbibliotheek of Noordwijk |
| 13 February: | In contact with collections: South and South East Asia |