Special Collections news archive
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The Verkade albums: A success for Verkade and for Dutch nature
August 30, 2022 - 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
May 31, 2022 - 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
May 3, 2022 - 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
March 31, 2022 - 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
February 15, 2022 - 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... -
Travelling Tulips
February 9, 2022 - The Tulip Book of Pieter Cos from 1637 is undoubtedly one of Special Collections’ most important treasures. Until recently, the book was on... -
Relocation of the professor portraits
February 1, 2022 - The Aula next to Hotel De Wereld in Wageningen has been sold. This spring Omnia, the new auditorium, will be opened on Campus. The professor portraits... -
Alida Withoos' drawings on view in Museum Flehite
January 13, 2022 - Alida Withoos was one of the best Dutch female painters in the seventeenth century. Special Collections is contributing some of Withoos' botanical... -
Drawings of forest trees in the Root Systems Collection
December 9, 2021 - One hundred and eighty drawings of European forest trees and shrubs have been added to the WUR Image Collection Root System Drawings. The drawings... -
Van der Wagt sculpture on tour
November 2, 2021 - Wageningen University & Research has always been interested in and committed to the visual arts. Many of the artworks on Campus relate to one or...