Special Collections news archive
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Stories Plants Tell: Flora Batava 1800-1934
- In June this year, a new edition of the key work of Dutch botany will be published including stories of Wageningen scientists. Special Collections... -
New online exhibition: Dutch Landscape Designed, 1946 -1954
- 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
- 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
- In the post-war period, a small group of landscape designers created hundreds of landscape plans. The exhibition 'Dutch Landscape Designed: 1946-1954'... -
Unique gifts for Special Collections
- Last year, the Special Collections department of WUR Library received a number of wonderful gifts. Here, we'd like to highlight some of these... -
The Verkade albums: A success for Verkade and for Dutch nature
- In the beginning of the 20th century, biscuit manufacturer Verkade created albums on different aspects of Dutch nature. Collecting the small pictures... -
Louise Fresco, with the author’s compliments
- As a tribute to our leaving Executive Board Chair, Louise O. Fresco, WUR Library has put together a small farewell exhibition. It focuses on the... -
Borrow or exchange WUR art
- Wageningen University & Research owns about 600 paintings, sculptures, and other works of art. The art works can be seen on campus and in the... -
Exhibition Chef’s Special: A Taste of the Collections
- Chef’s Special: A Taste of the Collections is the new exhibition of Special Collections of WUR Library. It highlights six topics from the... -
Reviews of the Exhibition A Different Light on Withoos
- The exhibition A Different Light on Withoos in Museum Flehite gets a lot of attention from newspapers. So far, already 8 positive reviews have been...