Leiden University Library - Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Leiden University Libraries organizes about four exhibitions annually using Leiden University's rich special collections. The exhibition room is located in the entrance area of the University Library (Witte Singel) and is open freely for the public during library opening hours.

In addition, Leiden University Libraries regularly organizes extensive exhibitions in collaboration with museums. In the past period the following exhibitions have been realized:

• Turcksche boucken (Turkish books) from Levinus Warner. A seventeenth century diplomat and book collector in Istanbul. Museum Meermanno, House of the Book, The Hague, 15 December 2012 - 3 March 2013.
• Sweet&Salt. Water and the Dutch. Kunsthal, Rotterdam, 14 February 2012 - 10 June 2012.
• Erwin Olaf: Relief of Leiden. Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal and Leiden University Library, Leiden, 29 September 2011 - 8 January 2012.
• In Atmospheric Light. - Picturalism in Dutch Photography 1890-1925. Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, 1 April 2010 - 20 June 2010.
• Photography! A special collection at Leiden University. The Hague Museum of Photography, The Hague, 23 January 2010 - 18 April 2010.
• On route to the Golden Age - Hendrick Goltzius & Jacob de Gheyn II. Limburgs Museum, Venlo, 28 November 2009 - 28 February 2010.
• City of Books. Seven Centuries of Reading in Leiden. Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 22 February 2008 - 1 June 2008.

Furthermore, Leiden University Libraries often serves as lender to exhibitions by major museums in The Netherlands and abroad.