Bodleian Libraries - Discovery Stations
Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3BG
Imaging services discovery station:
Drop-in and meet the imaging services team at their discovery station in Blackwell Hall and explore some of the wonders of their work photographing the collections of the Bodleian Libraries.
Conversation Station:
Explore our conversation station and chat with volunteers about one of our free exhibitions.
The Bodleian Libraries
Explore the Bodleian Libraries during Oxford Open Doors weekend for free, with rare access to normally closed spaces and collections, plus an exciting programme of music and dance performances, art demonstrations, and family activities in Blackwell Hall.
The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It includes the principal University library – the Bodleian Library – which has been a legal deposit library for 400 years; as well as 27 libraries across Oxford including major research libraries and faculty, department and institute libraries. Together, the Libraries hold more than 13 million printed items, over 80,000 e-journals and outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera. Members of the public can explore the collections via the Bodleian’s online image portal at digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk or by visiting the exhibition galleries in the Bodleian’s Weston Library. For more information, visit https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about
Timings
- Saturday 12 September:
- 1100-1600
Location & directions
Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3BG
- Directions:
- These events will be taken place in Blackwell Hall in the Weston Library
- Contact on day:
- Anna Clark
- Telephone number:
- +441865242918
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
Ground-level entrance with wheelchair access in both the Weston Library and directly from the Old Schools Quadrangle, Old Bodleian Library. Access to first level areas for tours and show and tells is available via lift access. All ages and abilities are welcome to visit and participate. Please find more information regarding access at the Bodleian Libraries here: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/plan-your-visit/accessibility
Additional information
The Weston Library Cafe will be open to purchase refreshments
