In every working library, each day sees a struggle played out between order and chaos. It’s a fact of life that however hard librarians work… Read More »Theft, vandalism and hatred: 400 years of bad behaviour in the King James Library, part 2
In every working library, each day sees a struggle played out between order and chaos. It’s a fact of life that however hard librarians work… Read More »Theft, vandalism and hatred: 400 years of bad behaviour in the King James Library, part 1
We have just celebrated the opening of our latest exhibition. ‘A Royal Foundation: 400 years of the King James Library’ celebrates the establishment in 1612… Read More »Behind the scenes at the Museum: Installing the King James Library Exhibition
Cross-posted from the original on the Museum Collections Blog of the University of St Andrews. The new temporary exhibition A Royal Foundation: 400 Years of… Read More »A Royal Foundation 2.0.1 – an Augmented Reality Experiment
On the 15th of May, 1617, King James VI & I landed at Port ‘Seatown’ (now Seton) to begin what would be his only homecoming… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 12: the typographical beauty of “The Muses welcome” (1618)
A guest post in advance of the Gateway Gallery exhibition: A Royal Foundation: 400 Years of King James Library. Colin Bovaird has studied and worked… Read More »A Split Personality? The double life of the King James Library
