Learn about the origins of some of Canterbury’s libraries and reading rooms. Damian Cairns, who cares for rare books and special collections in the Macmillan Brown Library, will share some gems from the University of Canterbury collection and explain the pivotal role The Canterbury Association, and its supporters, had in establishing libraries in Canterbury.
Items will be on display during the talk and if numbers / time permits there will be an opportunity for a tour of the stacks at the Macmillan Brown Library.
Where: University of Canterbury, Undercroft 101 (Beneath the Central Library on the Ilam Campus)
When: 2pm, Thursday November 2, 2023
RSVP: Please rsvp to cantage@gmail.com by 30th October
Parking: Paid parking is available on campus for visitors. Parking options and location of Library on map below.
The Lubeck Bible (1494) Gifted to the Canterbury Association by Arthur Philip Perceval.
Library (Puaka-James Hight) is circled and paid parking options marked.
Cantage - Canterbury Heritage 