Beyond the Book

This summer, step into the magical Nottebohm Room and explore a unique selection of bibliophile editions and artists’ publications from our special collections.

Tuesday 1 July 2025 until Monday 15 September 2025 from 13:00 to 17:00

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.

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. 

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.

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.