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Canaletto in Aberdeen

Recent research in the University of Aberdeen has confirmed that the collection includes a painting by Italian artist Giovanni Antonio Canal (1695-1798), better know as Canaletto

Ta-Kheru: Discovering the life of an Ancient Egyptian woman

Using CT scans and the latest medical visualisation techniques experts have been able to uncover insights into the life of Ta-Kheru, and Ancient Egyptian woman whose ceremonially mummified remains have been in the University of Aberdeen museums’ collections since the 18^th century

NIMITAAU Let's Dance - Fiddle Dancing Through Scots and Eeyou Cultures

11th July to 30th September 2018
This exhibition explores the fiddle dancing tradition of the indigenous people of northern Quebec and their links with Scottish culture

'Age of Oil: Artworks by Sue Jane Taylor'

23rd March to 8th July 2018
Artist Sue Jane Taylor has worked in some of the most remote and challenging industrial environments in Scotland, yet through her work she brings personal, often poignant moments of recollection to describe a unique period in human history - the Age of Oil.

Medicine in Wartime: Aberdeen's Medical Innovators

11 November 2017 - 18 March 2018
This exhibition tells the stories of a small group of doctors, surgeons and nurses, associated with Aberdeen, who used medicine in wartime with courage and innovation.

Cooking the Books

05 June - 1 October 2017
This exhibition showcases a selection of cookery books and food-related pamphlets from the University of Aberdeen's Special Collections

Cover Stories - what bindings say about books

11 November 2016 - 28 May 2017
A book cover can tell its own story. During the early history of book production, the manner in which a book was bound was unique. Each hand-crafted binding reveals information about the individuals who owned books, their social status, professions and how they valued the texts within.

An Audience with Charles Dickens - Writer, Performer, Celebrity

03 March - 11 September 2016
Special Collections has one of the most distinguished collections of books by and about Dickens anywhere in the world. The exhibition celebrates this and provides a glimpse into the life and times of one of the world's most renowned authors and personalities.

City of Ghosts: A dialogue with George Washington Wilson

15 October 2015 - 21 February 2016
A new suite of 15 contemporary photographs by John Perivolaris pay homage to George Washington Wilson that capture the essence of a time past and a new presence for the city of Aberdeen.

The Far North: Frozen Stars, Shifting Ice and the Silence Beyond

03 April to 20 September 2015
The Far North has been a place of fascination since the first travellers’ tales of otherworldly icebergs and the Northern Lights reached the temperate zones. The exhibition explores the idea of the The Far North through contemporary art and music, artefacts and written words.

Elphinstone: Renaissance in the North

2 October 2014 to 15 March 2015
This exhibition marks the 500^th anniversary of the death of the founder of the University of Aberdeen, William Elphinstone (1431–1514), and explores the impact of his life on the history of Scotland.

New Found Land: Scottish Emigration to Canada

02 May - 30 August 2014
Scotland’s population has been its most enduring and consistent export and Canada was the primary transatlantic destination for emigrating Scots. This began an enduring process of cultural exchange that continues to reveal a shared culture which is explored in this exhibition.

Print Shop Window: an exhibition of visual satire

27 September 2013 - 09 February 2014
Set during the reign of George III, the ‘Golden Age of Caricature’, the exhibition draws on a lively selection of satirical prints and material from the Special Collections, featuring examples of caricatures by the artists William Hogarth, James Gillray and George Cruikshank.

Wanderlust: travel journals and explorers' notes

27 April to 14 September 2013
Wanderlust describes a yearning for distant places; an irrepressible compulsion to discover the unknown. The exhibition features vivid writing contained in some of the travel journals and explorers' notebooks held within Special Collections.

Waterlines: Will Maclean and Marian Leven

19 January - 14 April 2013
Will Maclean and Marian Leven, are two of Scotland’s most highly regarded artists. This exhibition reveals the inspiration behind a specially commissioned sculpture that marks the entrance to the academic plaza at the Sir Duncan Rice Library.

Pharmacopoeia: The Art of Making Drugs

01 September - 01 December 2012
An exhibition of printed and manuscript material from our collections exploring a history of health. Featuring are rare and fascinating printed and manuscript material that demonstrates some of the earliest recorded interpretations of the natural sciences.

Gilded Beasts: Exhibition of The Aberdeen Bestiary

23 June - 18 August 2012
The Aberdeen Bestiary is an exquisite illuminated manuscript from the 12th-century, rendered in rich gold and magnificent colour. It is a work of extraordinary artistry and craftsmanship in which tales of animals are used to illustrate essential moral beliefs.

Set in Silver: Contemporary Reflections on Glass Plate Photography

24 March - 10 June 2012
Exhibition exposes a delicate art featured across two important collections. A selection of the glass plate negatives that form the substantial collections of George Washington Wilson and the Aberdeen Harbour Board have produced a set of fine photographic prints

Rebels with a Cause: The Jacobites and the Global Imagination

24 November 2011 - 17 March 2012
This first exhibition gives visitors an insight into the turbulent Jacobite era and draws upon rarely seen material from Special Collections, including portraits, a letter written by the 'Young Pretender', Charles Edward Stuart and a first edition of Sir Walter Scott’s novel Waverley

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