The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. The library was formally re-opened on 8 November 1602 under the name "Bodleian Library" (officially Bodley's Library).
The Bodleian Libraries' autumn exhibition 'Treasures of the Bodleian' opens to the public today (Friday 30 September). The exhibition will feature a selection of the Bodleian's rarest, most important and most evocative items - from ancient papyri to medieval oriental manuscripts to twentieth-century printed books and ephemera. Read more
The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. The library was formally re-opened on 8 November 1602 under the name "Bodleian Library" (officially Bodley's Library).