Exhibition: De Verzamelingen van Bodel Nijenhuis
The collections of Bodel Nijenhuis (De Verzamelingen van Bodel Nijenhuis) will be exhibited in the University Library from 7 March to 29 April.
- Opening reception
- Lecture on the Bodel Nijenhuis collection in the RAP Architecture Centre
- Stad van Boeken ('City of Books') in the Lakenhal
- 7 March to 29 April
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De Verzamelingen van Bodel Nijenhuis exhibition will be running in the University Library from 7 March to the 29 April. Admission is free. This exhibition will be on show in the University library. The collections of Bodel Nijenhuis are a voyage of discovery through the history of the Netherlands, using richly illustrated maps, books, and portraits.
You can also watch our online video in which the Curator of Maps and Atlases Martijn Storms talks about Bodel Nijenhuis and the pieces exhibited from his collection. You need to have Media Player installed to watch this video.
- Pioneer in historic cartography
- Johannes Tiberius Bodel Nijenhuis (1797-1872), a pioneer of historical cartography, studied law at Leiden and was affiliated to the publishing house and bookseller S. and J. Luchtmans until they ceased trading in 1848. But his real passion was collecting books, portraits, historical illustrations and, most of all maps, atlases, and topographical prints and illustrations which he collected on his travels.
He left his collection to the Leiden University Library, which also acquired some of his other possessions by differrent means. The exhibition features a selection of books, portraits and maps. Attention is also paid to his research work, often using maps from his own collection. This is what made him a pioneer of historical cartography. The exhibition not only shows what Bodel collected, but also how he collected it and why.
- Selections by master's students
- The maps exhibited in De verzamelingen van Bodel Nijenhuis were selected mainly by master's students of Book and Digital Media Studies ('History of the Book' course). The texts written by the students as an assignment will be published in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, to be sold by the University Library.
- Opening reception
- The exhibition will be officially opened on 6 March at 16.00 hours with two short lectures in the Noordhal of the University Library. If you would like to attend the opening reception, please register with Mr. Martijn Storms, curator of Maps & Atlases, before Friday 29 February.
- Lecture on the Bodel Nijenhuis collection in the RAP Architecture Centre
- Wednesday 20 Februari Mr. Martijn Storms (curator of Maps & Atlases, Leiden University Library) will give a lecture on the Bodel Nijenhuis collection and Het Woud zonder Genade ('The merciless forest'). This lecture is in in the context of the exhibition 'U bevindt zich hier - een reis door Leiden in 80 kaarten' ('You are here – a journey through Leiden in 80 maps', available in Dutch). The lecture starts at 20.00 hours in the RAP Architecture Centre and admission is free.
- Stad van Boeken ('City of Books') in the Lakenhal
- The Stad van Boeken, Zeven eeuwen lezen in Leiden (‘City of Books, Seven centuries of reading in Leiden’) will run in Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal (Municipal Museum of Leiden) (available in Dutch) from 22 February to 1 June. A number of the most special Leiden works from the University Library collections will also be shown. For more information, see the news release 'Notable Leiden books on loan to the Lakenhal' on the Leiden University website.
