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Work begins on new off-site storage facility for Cambridge libraries

31 Mar 2017

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...

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Three Jane Austen letters are shown together for the first time

28 Mar 2017

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...

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Dr Jessica Gardner

Cambridge reveals identity of new ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Librarian

09 Dec 2016

Dr Jessica Gardner has been revealed as the new Librarian of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library – becoming the second female in the history of the...

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Spirit Trumpet, Manchester, 1920s

Ectoplasm, spirit trumpets and paintings from Pompeii: 600 years of Curious Objects

03 Nov 2016

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...

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Charles Darwin

Lines of Thought: From Darwin to DNA

29 Jul 2016

Darwin’s stuffed pigeons, the letter which first coined the term ‘genetics’ and a paper by Crick and Watson which helped decode DNA all feature in...

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Newton, Darwin, Shakespeare – and an envelope of ectoplasm: Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library at 600

23 Dec 2015

In 2016, Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library will celebrate 600 years as one of the world's greatest libraries with a spectacular exhibition of priceless...

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A plan of Mexico City, taken from the 16th-century Civitates orbis terrarum, the world’s first atlas to include city plans

A kingly gift: Royal Library goes on display in Cambridge

02 Oct 2015

An exhibition celebrating King George I’s gift of 30,000 books and manuscripts to Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library - including the celebrated 8th-century...

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Image from the Boy's book of British battles

Waterloo: the first draft of history

30 Apr 2015

A letter written from the body-strewn battlefield at Waterloo, an invasion map of the UK, and a book from Napoleon’s personal library in exile will...

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