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Exhibitions

Partly gilded cartonnage mask, 380–30 BCE, cartonnage (linen and paste), gold and paint.

Made in Ancient Egypt

From elaborately decorated coffins to the Books of the Dead, ancient Egyptians produced objects which remain iconic today. But who were the makers behind them and how were they made?

Enslavement and Salvation at Queens’ College: an Old Library exhibition

Thu 27 October 2022 - Fri 2 December 2022

Queens' Old Library

Following two years’ research, this exhibition investigates Queens’ College’s links to the Atlantic Slave Trade, exploring the complex lives and worlds of a variety of Queens’ members through books and other objects they left behind. Focusing on intertwined networks of evangelical abolitionists and slave-owning family members at Queens', these material legacies offer a revealing window into some of the political, spiritual and social factors out of which enslavement came to occupy so natural a part of life in Britain during its age of empire.

Cost: Free

Enquiries and booking

No need to book.

Enquiries: Lucille Munoz Website Email: library@queens.cam.ac.uk

Timing

In person

All times

Thu 27 October 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Fri 28 October 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Mon 31 October 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Tue 1 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Wed 2 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Thu 3 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Fri 4 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Mon 7 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Tue 8 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Wed 9 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Thu 10 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Fri 11 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Mon 14 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Tue 15 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Wed 16 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Thu 17 November 2022 1:30PM - 7:00PM
Fri 18 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Mon 21 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Tue 22 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Wed 23 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Thu 24 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Fri 25 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Mon 28 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Tue 29 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Wed 30 November 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Thu 1 December 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Fri 2 December 2022 1:30PM - 4:30PM

Venue

Access via Visitors' Gate on Queens' Lane and War Memorial Library
Address: Queens' Old Library
Queens' College
Silver Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9ET
Email: library@queens.cam.ac.uk
Telephone: 01223 335550
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