Do you intend to visit our library to consult a publication or visit our stunning Nottebohm Room? Below you can find all the practical information you need, from the opening hours to information for wheelchair users and accessibility.
Contact us with your questions or for further information. You can use our general contact details for this. Contact one of our employees directly for specific questions.
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.
The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library is located in Antwerp’s bustling city centre. For over five centuries, the library has been collecting and preserving Flemish cultural heritage.
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.
As well as being used for book storage and as an exhibition space, the Nottebohm Room is also the place where some of the highlights of the collection are kept. It is only open during public activities organised by the library or during tours.