Treasures of Lambeth Palace Library, Summer Exhibition

The exhibition draws upon the Library's incomparably rich and diverse collections of manuscripts, archives and books, some of which will be on display for the first time. It reveals how the collections have developed since 1610 and explores the history surrounding the people who owned, studied or used them as aids to prayer and devotion.

Highlights of the exhibition include:

• The MacDurnan Gospels, written and illuminated in Ireland in the 9^th century
• The Lambeth Bible, masterpiece of Romanesque art
• 13^th century Lambeth Apocalypse
• A Gutenberg Bible printed in 1455, the first great book printed in Western Europe from movable metal type
• Books owned and used by King Richard III, King Henry VIII, Queen Katherine of Aragon, Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles I as well as landmark texts in the history of the Church of England
• An exceptionally rare edition of the Babylonian Talmud which survived a 1553 Papal Bull ordering all copies to be burnt, which was rediscovered in 1992
• The warrant for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots
• Papers of archbishops, bishops and leaders of church and state, ranging from the 13th century to the modern day, including papers relating to the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire and physicians' reports on the illness of King George III.

Programme of short talks at the exhibition [432kb] 

Opening dates and times

17 May - 23 July 2010

10.00 - 17.00, Monday to Saturday

Last admission 16.30

Closed Saturday 22 May and 12 June

Tickets

Season Ticket (unlimited entry to the exhibition and Saturday talks programme) available only from the exhibition ticket kiosk: £16 adults; £14 concessions; £10 Friends of Lambeth Palace Library.

Standard Ticket: £8.00 adults, £7.00 concessions.

Free audio guide included with admission. 

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The Garden Museum – special offer

For a special admission fee of £2.50 (rather than the usual £6.00) visitors to 'Treasures of Lambeth Palace Library' exhibition can visit the Garden Museum's permanent collection, garden and temporary exhibition space, which at this time will be featuring "Christopher Lloyd: A Life at Great Dixter." Visitors to the Museum can also enjoy lunch in the Garden Café and browse in the Museum shop. Simply show your Lambeth Palace Library exhibition ticket at the Garden Museum's front desk to benefit from this exclusive offer.

Garden Museum, located just next door to Lambeth Palace on Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB (closed first Monday of every month).

www.gardenmuseum.org.uk.