Author Archives: Erin Stephens

Handwritten and Enlighten

As part of the Canberra Festival, the Library is participating in ENLIGHTEN, a magical program of events on the 2,3,9,&10 March. Activities will include spectacular lighting projections and entry to Handwritten and the Treasures Gallery until 11 pm. See the … Continue reading

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Upcoming events

If you’re reading this post today (Thursday 2nd Feb) it’s not too late to book for a fascinating lecture being held at the Library tonight. Margaret Manion, one of Australia’s pre-eminent Art Historians, is speaking tonight about the Medieval manuscripts … Continue reading

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Developing Handwritten

This week we have had a few museum studies students and those interested in exhibition development asking us about how we put an exhibition like Handwritten together. We have also been asked whether photos of the exhibition are available – … Continue reading

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Caring for manuscripts on display

We had an interesting question on this blog regarding interleaving pages in some of the manuscripts in Handwritten. You can see the full question and our response on the Installing Handwritten post. This made me think about conservation considerations that … Continue reading

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Handwritten at night

We’ve got an exciting program of events for Handwritten starting in the next few weeks. From Thursday 19 January Handwritten will be open until 9pm on Thursday nights. Coinciding with the late night openings is a night time program full … Continue reading

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Finding Christmas in Handwritten

With Christmas looming at the end of this week, I thought it was a good opportunity to forget about Christmas present shopping (which I have almost finished) and packing to go away (which I haven’t started yet) and to think … Continue reading

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