Special Collections

Highlights of the special collections
Highlight week 9: The Jerusalem Talmud
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Love and eroticism in the library...
Register here for the festive opening of the exhibition 'Love and eroticism' in our new axhibition area on 25 March 2010.
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Exposition: Photography!
About the development of photography on the basis of one of our country's oldest and most complete photo collections. You can also register for one of the public events with experts who highlight a small part of the collection.
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Exhibition: Towards the Golden Age
Enjoy a rare opportunity to be introduced to two great masters without doubt of the graphic arts around 1600: Goltzius and de Gheyn.
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Exposition: Arminius, Arminianism and Europe
From 9 October you can see books, documents and portraits related to Arminius and the influence of his thoughts on predestination in The Netherlands and Europe.
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Special blog
The blog which keeps you up-to-date on all the important exhibitions which contain items from our special collections.
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Another 60,000 titles from the Special Collections can now be requested online
Since 12 May 2009, approximately 60,000 new titles from our Special Collections can be requested directly through our online Catalogue.
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Exhibition: Vreemdigheden en rariteyten
From 5 June 2009 you can see an exhibition of special Leiden books from before 1800 that can only be found in Leiden.
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Extended opening hours Special Collections Reading Room
From now on, the Special Collections Reading Room (Dousa Zaal) will be opened until 17.30.
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Scaliger Exhibition 'All my books in foreign tongues'
The exhibition on Scaliger and orientalistics, entitled 'All my books in foreign tongues' can be seen in the University Library until 1 April 2009. This exhibition commemorates the 400th anniversary of Scaliger's death.
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EAD in practice
The international standard for encoding collections and archives
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