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Where to find us:
The Special Collections Gallery is situated on Level 4 of the Hartley Library, University of Southampton. The Library is on the east side of the University Road, on the University's Highfield campus.
Opening hours:
During exhibitions the Gallery is open to the public Monday to Friday 1000 to 1600. Admission is free. Visitors may be asked for proof of identy by Library Reception staff.
New exhibition:
The Broadlands Archives opens on 25 January and runs until 16 April. There also are two special Saturday openings on 20 February and 20 March.
The Broadlands Archives are one of the University Library’s foremost collections of manuscripts. Centred on the Temple (Palmerston), Ashley, Cassel and Mountbatten families, the archive contains some 4,500 boxes of papers, from the sixteenth century to the present. Major items on show include papers for the foundation of the states of India and Pakistan, Lord Palmerston’s correspondence with Queen Victoria, and material for politics, society and conversation, philanthropy and social reform. A further section looks at the Temple and Ashley estates in Hampshire and Ireland.
For news on exhibitions and events go to the calendar of events.
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