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Special Collections

Special Collections

Building work at Palace Green Library, January - April 2014

Due to building work elsewhere on the Palace Green Library site to create an education room and a cafe, there may be background noise in the Barker Research Library until April 2014. We apologise for this and hope it will not disrupt your work.

Barker Research Library
Laurence of Durham

 

Founded in 1833 and occupying listed buildings within the Durham World Heritage site, the Palace Green Library of Durham University houses archives, early printed books and other special collections. There are:

  • Over 70,000 books printed before 1850 including 300 incunables
  • Over 100 Medieval manuscripts
  • 3,400 metres of archives and artefacts
  • Over 30,000 maps and prints and 100,000 photographs

We are open to anyone needing to consult our collections once they have registered with us.

Two of the University Library's special collections were awarded Designated status in 2005 in the first round of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Designation Scheme.

Events

ROBOT
Saturday 8th March 2014 - Sunday 27th April 2014, 12:00am - 5:00pm, Palace Green Library
Android Antics
Saturday 8th March 2014, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Palace Green Library
K9S and Astrocats
Saturday 15th March 2014, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Palace Green Library
Robot by Numbers
Saturday 22nd March 2014, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Palace Green Library
Design a Robot Challenge
Saturday 29th March 2014, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Palace Green Library

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Contact details

Special Collections
Palace Green Library
Palace Green
DURHAM
DH1 3RN
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)191 334 2972
Email: pg.library@durham.ac.uk

Palace Green Library Exhibitions

Palace Green Library Exhibitions

ROBOT

21 November 2013 - 27 April 2014

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