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Borstbeeld van Plantin op polyglotbijbel in Nottebohmzaal

Miræus Lecture by Pierre Assenmaker and Valérie Leyh

Christoph Plantin, a player in a multilingual book market. A tour through the Namur collection of Plantin editions

During this lecture in English, Pierre Assenmaker and Valérie Leyh explore multilingualism and translation in Plantin's work as a printer and publisher.

Lecture

Miraeus Lecture by Nicholas De Sutter

Following the Script. Latin School Drama in the Southern Low Countries from Counter-Reformation to Counter-Enlightenment

During this Miraeus Lecture, Nicholas De Sutter (KU Leuven) talks about handwritten playtexts from the Southern Low Countries and how these dramas were materialised in Latin on the early modern stage.

Lecture

Miraeus Lecture by Renaud Adam

Censorship and Biblioclasm in the Low Countries (15th-16th centuries)

During this Miraeus Lecture, Renaud Adam talks about censorship and biblioclasm in the Low Countries during the 15th and 16th centuries.

Evenement

Open Monument Day 2024

Visit the Nottebohm Room for free during Open Monument Day. Besides a library visit, you can also take a guided tour or admire our restoration and digitisation workshops on that day.

Evenement

Campagnebeeld Erfgoeddag 21 april 2024 met als thema Thuis

Heritage Day 2024

What makes a house a (real) home? Heritage Day seeks out what makes the ordinary so special, past and present. A day full of feelings, facts, sensory experiences, discoveries and questions about your nearby neighbourhood, connection, migration, travel and much, much more!

Lecture

Cartularium van de Birgittenorde, Engeland, 1471, 1499

Miraeus Lecture by Virginia Blanton

The Afterlives of Syon Abbey Books

In this Miraeus Lecture, Professor Virginia Blanton (University of Missouri-Kansas City) takes the floor and examines the wanderings of the sisters in the Cambrai diocese between 1539 and 1580 as a context for local lore of their devotional and administrative books.

Barokke Influencers campagnebeeld - zicht op de Sodaliteit

Baroque Influencers

Jesuits, Rubens and the Art of Persuasion

Today, the Nottebohm Room is the most ornate room at the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library. But did you know that 250 years ago a miraculous chapel could be found here? It was very popular with Antwerp's elite, including Rubens and Van Dyck. The exhibition brings this mysterious location back to life.

Rondleiding

Behind-the-scenes tour

Saturday 6 September 2025 from 10:30 to 12:00

More dates

Saturday 6 September 2025 from 13:00 to 14:30

What goes on in a historic preservation library? Find out during our behind-the-scenes tours.