̽»¨Ö±²¥Reformation is famously traced to an event that took place in Germany 500 years ago and reverberated across Europe. An paints a vivid portrait of a society undergoing profound change – and this weekend commemorate an episode of corpse burning in Cambridge.
Rustic figurines of a resigned-looking Virgin clutching her child may have no obvious literary or artistic merit to us today. But understanding what they meant to the spiritual lives of their owners can offer a glimpse of the human hopes and fears that people have, for centuries, invested in inanimate objects.
Stephen Hawking’s PhD thesis, ‘, has been made freely available to anyone, anywhere in the world, after being made accessible via the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge’s Open Access repository, Apollo.
From a College brewery to 3D photography, there’s lots to discover behind the scenes in Cambridge libraries in Open Cambridge 2017
What connects a head-hunter’s trophy, a meteorite, Hercules, a painting of a Hindu temple, an ornate desk, a brass instrument, a tin of tea (unopened), an exotic orchid, a gharial, stacks of home movies and 8,000 lines of Sanskrit manuscript?
Treasures from the world’s largest and most important collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts – chronicling 1,000 years of history in Old Cairo – have gone on display in Cambridge today for a six-month-long exhibition at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library.
When you’re a Legal Deposit library holding more than eight million books and manuscripts, one million maps, and have been entitled to a copy of every UK publication since 1710, space can be at something of a premium.
An exhibition offering a rare chance to see some of Jane Austen's letters has opened at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library. ̽»¨Ö±²¥correspondence on display is held by three different Cambridge collections. This is the first time that the letters have been shown together.
Dr Jessica Gardner has been revealed as the new Librarian of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library – becoming the second female in the history of the institution to hold the role.
Why does one of the world’s great research libraries have ‘ectoplasm’, a spirit trumpet and beard hair posted to Charles Darwin among its eight million books, manuscripts and digital collections?
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