Past exhibitions 2001-2009

  • 7/11/2011

    Weird animals - a cross section of the fauna
    The exhibition was Uppsala University Library's contribution to the Museum Day.
  • 10/10/2011

    Herta Müller - Nobel Prize in Literature 2009

    The exhibition of Herta Müller's work was launched on "Nobel Day", Thursday 10 December in the foyer of Carolina Rediviva.

  • 10/10/2011

    The Apples of their Eyes

    The exhibition showed how important collecting, especially book collectors' own book collections, have been for the Library - ever since the 17th century up to today.

  • 1/26/2012

    Le Clézio - Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2008

    The author with roots in France and Mauritius was celebrated with an exhibition of words and pictures showing his writing from his first novel in 1963.

  • 1/26/2012

    From a stubborn root to a notable tree

    On display to the public were letters and manuscripts written in Linnaeus' own hand-writing, first editions of seminal works and rare imprints to honour the 3rd centenary of our most famous scientist.

  • 10/11/2011

    Take up and write - a history of the pen

    What are the origins of pens and pencils? Where were they made and what symbolic value have they had over the years? The exhibition illuminated thousands of years from reeds to ballpoint pens.

  • 10/11/2011

    The Call of the Orient

    The theme of this exhibition was the 400 years of teaching and research in Semitic languages (Assyro-Bablyonian, Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic and Ethiopian languages) at Uppsala University.

  • 10/11/2011

    Far from harbours and land ...

    This Swedish writer would have been 100 on 6th May 2004, had he lived. We honoured the sailor who won the Nobel Prize, a traveller with the gift of writing and an environmentally conscious poet.

  • 1/19/2012

    En bokskörd från vingården - Heliga Birgitta, hennes kloster och dess bibliotek
    Uppsala universitetsbiblioteks bidrag till det birgittinska jubileumsåret med material uteslutande från bibliotekets egna samlingar
  • 1/19/2012

    Från planta till platta - från bläck till länk
    Att fästa tankar i skrift och att genom läsning kunna ta del av det skrivna ordet utgör en av mänsklighetens främsta landvinningar. Utställningen speglade bokens och skriftens historia

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Exhibition catalogues

You can still buy catalogues for some of our past exhibitions. For information, ring the shop in Carolina Rediviva's foyer: +46 (0)18-471 39 00 or send an e-mail to reception@ub.uu.se.

Cultural heritage collections

Information about Cultural heritage collections (manuscripts, music scores, maps, pictures and early imprints) in Uppsala University Library.