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.

Sunday 8 September 2024 from 10:00 to 18:00

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! 

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.

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.

Behind-the-scenes tour

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

Soldout Saturday 4 May 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30
Soldout Saturday 11 May 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30
Soldout Saturday 18 May 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30
Soldout Saturday 25 May 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30
Soldout Saturday 1 June 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30
Soldout Saturday 8 June 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30

Expert tour Baroque Influencers: Sarah Joan Moran

Dr Sarah Joan Moran focuses on religious art

During this tour, you will walk through the exhibition with an expert. How does an expert look at this expo? What interpretations does she make from his or her field of expertise? No doubt food for discussion!

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.