Special Collections news archive
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Lecture on Professor T.H. Thung
March 28, 2024 - On 24 April 2024, Frans Glissenaar will give a lecture on the life of Professor Thung (1897-1960). The lecture is part of the extended exhibition... -
The making of the new portrait gallery
February 1, 2024 - For a few years now, WUR Library has been managing WUR's artworks and academic heritage collection. In recent months, we carried out the redesign of... -
Nematodes in WUR Image Collections
December 6, 2023 - In the course of their work, researchers from WUR's Laboratory of Nematology took high-resolution pictures of hundreds of nematode (roundworm)... -
Exhibition Fascinating Viruses: Prof. T.H.Thung, the first professor in Virology
October 25, 2023 - The Library's Special Collections have recently acquired the archives of Professor Dr T.H. (Hiang) Thung (1897-1960) and his wife, Fernanda Louise... -
Online exhibition of Stories Plants Tell: Flora Batava 1800-1934
September 29, 2023 - You can now also visit the exhibition on the Flora Batava online. It includes not only the original botanical drawings but also contributions from WUR... -
Thirty new drawings on view in the Flora Batava exhibition
August 16, 2023 - Have you already visited the exhibition Stories Plants Tell: Flora Batava 1800-1934? Until 15 October, you can visit the sequel of the exhibition with... -
Stories Plants Tell: Flora Batava 1800-1934
May 16, 2023 - In June this year, a new edition of the key work of Dutch botany is published. It includes stories of Wageningen scientists. Special Collections... -
New online exhibition: Dutch Landscape Designed, 1946 -1954
March 16, 2023 - The exhibition Dutch Landscape Designed is on display at the Library's Special Collections until 14 April. It has drawn visitors from all over the... -
Restoring a painting on location
January 31, 2023 - We're excited to announce that we've successfully restored a painting from the Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group in Axis. A perfect example of... -
Exhibition Dutch Landscape Designed: 1946 -1954
November 1, 2022 - In the post-war period, a small group of landscape designers created hundreds of landscape plans. The exhibition 'Dutch Landscape Designed: 1946-1954'...