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Special Collections news archive
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Exhibition Beautiful Botany postponed
December 6, 2024 - Update 9 December 2024. The exhibition is expected to open in mid-February 2025. Keep an eye on this website for the final update. Berthe Hoola van... -
WUR loves Art | Mini exhibition in Forum Library
September 26, 2024 - In Forum Library you can now see a small selection of artworks from WUR’s art collection. The mini-exhibition includes work from the well-known... -
Peatlands Weerribben-Wieden in historic photos
August 14, 2024 - Recently, WUR Library digitised a special collection of historical photographs on peat extraction in the Weerribben-Wieden. Now, you can view the... -
College life in Wageningen during the Second World War: small exhibition
May 2, 2024 - For students at the Agricultural College in Wageningen, the Second World War was a disruptive period and is still remembered in many places. WUR... -
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...