Latest find in Heiskell Darwin Collection Our Darwin cataloguing is producing some interesting finds.  The most fascinating this week is this volume, “A Manual of scientific enquiry prepared for the use of Her Majesty’s navy”, 1849, …Continue reading →

Asylum Art on Loan from Special Collections / LHSA These art works, from our Laycock Collection, were created by William Bartholomew at the Crichton Royal Hospital in the 1830s.  They are some of the earliest examples of art created …Continue reading →

Darwin’s voyage of discovery Rare Books & Manuscripts has begun a mini-project to catalogue our new collection of first editions of the works of Charles Darwin.  This collection, generously presented by the Heiskell Bibliographical …Continue reading →

Rare books all sorted out in new strongroom Our new strongroom holds some 760 shelves of rare and early printed books – over 10,000 individual volumes.  These were moved back from the Library Annexe earlier this year and …Continue reading →

New exhibition on display on the 6th Floor of the Main Library Welcome to the Centre for Research Collections’ Display Wall where you can discover some of the hidden treasures from the many different collections we are home to. This short-term exhibition …Continue reading →