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The Bodleian Libraries’ exhibition Treasured which opens today features a range of the most…
A green leather portfolio, believed to have housed the documents relating to the Louisiana Purchase…
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An installation of works by Frédéric Chopin opens today at the The Morgan Library & Museum.
As America approaches the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the National Archives is launching Opening the Vault, a new exhibition series that will display the most historically valuable and iconic artifacts in American history for the first time in many…
This week's focus is on the Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane better known as the Black Book of Hours which has been awarded conservation funding from the the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund and Bank of America’s Art Conservation Project.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) Board of Directors has announced that Executive Director Elysa Voshell will step down from her position in September 2025 after six years of leadership. Voshell will be relocating to Los Angeles to join her wife and to focus on her personal artistic practice.…
To mark the exact 155th anniversary of Charles Dickens's death and the opening of the Charles Dickens Museum in London will be free of charge to all visitors on June 9 when it will also be guest-stewarded by members of the writer's family.Among the members of the Dickens family welcoming visitors…
Book collectors will probably already be familiar with the address of Boston's new book shop Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books at 607 Boylston Street since it occupies second floor space where the well known Bromer Booksellers ran its shop for decades.
With exactly one month to go before this year's June 8 deadline, the organisers of the David Ruggles Prize - the international book collecting prize that encourages and supports young collectors of color - are encouraging people to apply now.
Symbols and Signs: Decoding Medieval Manuscripts at the The J. Paul Getty Museum will showcase how medieval scribes and artists used textual and visual strategies to captivate readers and engage them in deciphering enigmatic codes.
The Bodleian Libraries and the Vesuvius Challenge have announced that for the first time researchers have found the title and author inside of a sealed scroll from Herculaneum.
Books in Bloom is this year's theme for Firsts London, the UK's leading international rare book fair at the Saatchi Gallery in London's Chelsea running May 15 - 18 May. Held only a few days before the famous Chelsea Flower Show begins around the corner, the fair will celebrate all things…
