King’s College Library and Cambridge University Library

King’s College Library and Cambridge University Library 
Cambridge
Wednesday 16 April
11am-12.30pm King’s College visit, followed by sandwich lunch at King’s thence to CUL  for our visit which will end by 3.30pm 

Limited to 20 places.   

King's College, Cambridge was founded in 1441 but it wasn't until the 20th century that its world-renowned archives were amassed. Notable collections relate to the Bloomsbury Group of artists, writers and critics; poet Rupert Brooke; the economists around Maynard Keynes; and computer/Artificial Intelligence/epigenetics pioneer Alan Turing. A special display - including acquisitions from all of those collections which were facilitated by FNL - will be shown in the Archives Reading Room.

Cambridge University Library is one of the world’s great research libraries, in continuous existence since at least 1416.  Housed in a magnificent art deco building designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, for more than 300 years it has been a legal deposit library.  In addition, it holds vast collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives, including the 5th-century Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, the prime manuscript of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, and the scientific archives of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.  FNL and its members have contributed immeasurably to building up these collections.  We will explore some of these treasures with Library’s Deputy Director, Dr Mark Purcell, with an optional tour of the CUL building to follow.