Britain's What's On Event Guide
Old Paper Roots: How to Grow a Library
Heritage Open Day: St John’s College, alma mater of the great botanist Erasmus Darwin, invites you to the stunning 17th-century Old Library for an exhibition on paper and plants, held within a veritable forest of oak bookcases. The beautiful smell that comes from centuries-old books is the aroma, in part, of slowly decaying paper: of plant matter having a long life after death. St John’s College, alma mater of the great botanist Erasmus Darwin, invites you to the stunning 17th-century Old Library for an exhibition on paper and plants, held within a veritable forest of oak bookcases.
Saturday 14 Sep 24
The Old Library, St John’s College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1TP
Sat 14 Sep:1000-1600; Free Entry.
Spread the word
Similar Current Events
Open Day at the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College
Thursday 18 September Corpus Christi College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Thursday 18 September Corpus Christi College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Wren Library
Sat 13 Sep to Saturday 20 September The Wren Library, Trinity College, Trinity Street, Cambridge
Sat 13 Sep to Saturday 20 September The Wren Library, Trinity College, Trinity Street, Cambridge
Temples, domes and arches: Islamic, South Asian & Southeast Asian Architecture through the eyes of a
Saturday 20 September Ancient India and Iran Trust, 23 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge
Saturday 20 September Ancient India and Iran Trust, 23 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge
1618 Day
Saturday 20 September Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge
Saturday 20 September Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge
Travellers’ Tales
Friday 19 September and Saturday 20 September Sidney Sussex College, Sidney Street, Cambridge
Friday 19 September and Saturday 20 September Sidney Sussex College, Sidney Street, Cambridge