Researchers and authors will use a variety of resources and consult items across the University Library collections and beyond. Although library and archive staff may […]
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120 days in Lockdown and counting … Read a Blog Post commissioned by the Cambridge Library Group describing what Cambridge University Library Map Department staff have […]
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“Today’s journey with the Map Department’s postcard collection…” or words to this effect have been a welcome companion as I’ve Tweeted my progress through several […]
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Cambridge University Library Map Department has amassed a huge, and rather miscellaneous, collection of maps, plans, diagrams and documents compiled by various pre-British Railways rail […]
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The Map Department contains many views, which offer great insight into the living experiences, events and environment of the time and place shown. While recently […]
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In January 1994 Cambridge University Library’s Map Department received a large donation of maps from the estate of Kenneth Guy Messenger (1920-1993). As well as […]
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A guest post by Lauren Killingsworth, whose exhibition “Imagining Islands” can be viewed in the Library Entrance Hall from Monday 24th June to Saturday 27th […]
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The 24th April 2019 saw the culmination of a four-month project to move approximately 49,000 German maps from Cambridge University Library Map Department to the […]
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By Lucy Cheng and Ngaio Vince-Dewerse Ever wanted to go behind the scenes to get a glimpse of how an exhibition is put together? The […]
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Imagine maps as big as bedsheets, and then imagine the sheets big enough for beds made wide enough to sleep extended families. Only such a […]
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