Loans: Books on a journey
We offer exponats for exhibitions to museums, galleries and documentation centres. That's why we tell our books more and more often: "Off to the museum!". It's great to see how fantastically our small and large treasures are presented there!
Bravo! Bravissimo! 200 Jahre Theater Aachen
Centre Charlemagne. Neues Stadtmuseum Aachen
Exhibition dates: 19 December 2025 to 15 March 2026
About the exhibition:
"On 15 May 1825, the Aachen Theatre was officially opened: the history of this new cultural venue began with Ludwig Spohr’s *Jessonda* as its first opera and Shakespeare’s play *Romeo and Juliet*.
The theatre replaced the old comedy theatre on Katschhof. This was housed in the building of an old cloth hall and stood exactly where the Centre Charlemagne is located today. Aachen’s city architect, Johann Josef Couven, drew up the plans to convert the hall into a performance venue, which came into use in 1751. However, over the following decades, calls grew louder and louder for a new, larger and more prestigious theatre for the spa town of Aachen. These ideas and plans culminated in the realisation of the design by State Building Inspector Johann Peter Cremer. Following some alterations to the building’s façade by Berlin’s Chief Building Inspector Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the laying of the foundation stone was celebrated on 16 November 1822.
The exhibition marking the 200th anniversary offers fascinating insights into the world of theatre. …"
Source: Ausstellungsseite “Bravo!Bravissimo! 200 Jahre Theater Aachen”
Our loan for this exhibition:
Prolog zur Eröffnung des neuen Schauspielhauses zu Aachen am 15. Mai 1825 / von Rousseau, Johann Baptist. - Aachen : Urlichs, 1825.
Signatur: RHK964
Kawase Hasui. Capturing the soul of Japan
Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis, Leiden
Exhibition dates: 19 December 2025 to 15 March 2026
About the exhibition:
Shin Hanga – The Rebirth of Japanese Printmaking
At the beginning of the 20th century, traditional Japanese printmaking (ukiyo-e) was in danger of disappearing due to new media such as photography and lithography. However, the publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō revived it – with the Shin Hanga (‘new prints’) movement. Artists, woodblock carvers, printers and publishers worked closely together to create works that combined tradition and modernity.
Kawase Hasui – Master of the Serene Landscape
The artist Kawase Hasui began his career late in life, yet developed a style all his own. Instead of depicting famous landmarks, he portrayed tranquil, often obscure landscapes, thereby conveying his personal vision of the ‘true Japan’. His works were internationally acclaimed and proved particularly popular in Japan and the USA.
making THEATRE - Wie Theater entsteht
Exhibition dates: 25 June 2025 – 12 April 2026
About the exhibition:
The 2025/26 special exhibition offers a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes workings of Munich’s Residenztheater. The focus is on the current production of Shakespeare’s *Romeo and Juliet*, which premiered on 16 May 2025. The exhibition shows how different professional groups – such as those in dramaturgy, the workshops and on the rehearsal stage – work together. This is complemented by historical exhibits from the collections of the German Theatre Museum, as well as a look at developments in theatre operations over the last 50 and 100 years. Furthermore, the exhibition encourages visitors to reflect on the future of the theatre.
(Source: Text from the exhibition website)
Our loan for this exhibition:
William Shakespeares Comedies, histories and tragedies : Publ. according to the true copies / von Shakespeare, William
1623. - 993 S.
Signatur: 1P495
Exhibition catalogue: making THEATRE - Wie Theater entsteht, 2025 Signatur: 20B2792
In 2023, we celebrated the 400th “anniversary” of the First Folio. It was then that our copy was digitised and added to the database: FIRST Folio COMPARED
Rückblick auf unsere Veranstaltungsreihe “Shakespeare400”.
The History of Cocoa
Permanent exhibition from 24 June 2025
About the exhibition:
The new permanent exhibition “A Journey Through the History of Cocoa” at the Cologne Chocolate Museum, opening on 24 June 2025, explores the 5,000-year history of cocoa – from its origins in Central America to modern chocolate production. The multimedia exhibition examines both cultural and social aspects as well as critical periods such as the colonial era.
(Source: Text from the exhibition page)
Our loan for this exhibition:
Traitez Nouveaux & curieux Du Café, Du Thé Et Du Chocolate / von Dufour, Philippe Sylvestre. -Troisiéme Edition. - La Haye : Moetjens, 1693
Signatur: WHIII175
Museum der Museen - Eine Zeitreise durch die Kunst des Ausstellens und Sehens
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
Exhibition dates: 11 October 2024 to 9 February 2025
About the exhibition:
With its new special exhibition, “Museum of Museums”, the Wallraf invites visitors on a fascinating journey through time, exploring the art of exhibiting and viewing. From the fascinating cabinet of curiosities and Baroque picture gallery, through the radical artistic concepts of Daniel Spoerri and John Cage, to the museum of the future, the exhibition showcases a variety of art presentations from the last 400 years. With extraordinary spatial installations and more than 230 exhibits, the Cologne exhibition brings to life just how much the experience of art—in the past, present and future—depends on the people who direct the action in the museum gallery. The special exhibition marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Ferdinand Franz Wallraf (1748–1824), who, with his incredible passion for collecting, laid the foundations for Cologne’s first museum and is honoured with a special presentation. “Museum of Museums” runs until 9 February 2025, exclusively in Cologne.
(Source: Text from the exhibition page)
Our loans for this exhibition:
- Museum Wormianum. Seu Historia Rerum Rariorum, Tam Naturalium, quam Artificialium, tam Domesticarum, quam Exoticarum : quae Hafniæ Danorum in ædibus Authoris servantur / von Worm, Ole, Elsevier, Jan. - Lugduni Batavorum : Apud Iohannem Elsevirium, Acad. Typograph, M DC LV. - 1655
Signatur: N1/810 - Historia naturalis : Libri 28 / von Imperato, Ferrante. - Lipsia1695. - WRM-Titel: Ferrandi Imperati Historiae naturalis libri XXIIX: Accesserunt nonnullae Johannis Mariae Ferro adnotationes ad librum vigesimum oktavum, Coloniae 1695
Signatur: WDIV+A29 - Musei Museorum, Oder Der vollständigen Schau Bühne frembder Naturalien : Zweyter Theil, Worinnen Die rareste Natur-Schätze aus allen biß daher gedruckten Kunst-Kammern, Reiß-Beschreibungen und andern Curiosen Büchern enthalten, und benebenst einer Neuauffgerichteten Zeug- und Rüst-Kammer der Natur, auch viele Curiosen Kupffer-Stücken vorgestellet sind / von Valentini, Michael Bernhard, Ernst Ludwig, Jung, Johann Adam, Johann David Zunners Seeligen Erben. - Franckfurt am Mayn : Johann Adam Jungen, MDCCXIV. - 1714
Signatur: WDIV+A72 - Jencquel, Kaspar Friedrich ; Kanold, Johann ; Hubert, Michael: Museographia Oder Anleitung Zum rechten Begriff und nützlicher Anlegung der Mvseorvm, Oder RaritätenKammern : Darinnen gehandelt wird I. Von den Museis Schatz-Kunst- und Raritäten-Kammern insgemein, welche heutiges Tages grösten theils annoch in vielen Europaeischen Orten gefunden werden. II. Dem nachmals ein Anhang beygefüget ist, von vielen, welche vor Alters in der Welt berühmt gewesen. III. Jm dritten Theile wird von von Bibliothequen insgemein, als einem zu einem vollständigen und wohl eingerichteten Museo unentbehrlichen Wercke gehandelt. IV. Der vierte und letzte Theil aber ist eine Anmerckung oder unvorgreiffliches Bedencken von Raritäten-Kammern oder Museis insgemein / von Jencquel, Kaspar Friedrich, Kanold, Johann, Hubert, Michael. - Leipzig und Breßlau : bey Michael Hubert, 1727
Signatur: WAII79 - Ferdinand Franz Wallraf: Ubiens Musentafel oder kölnisches Taschenbuch : auf das ... Jahr der Republik. - Köln : Haas. - 1788
Signatur: RHLX15-1799 - Anselmus de Boodt Caroli Clusii Atrebatis Curae Posteriores, Seu Plurimarum non antè cognitarum, aut descriptarum stirpium, peregrinorumq́ ue aliquot animalium Novae Descriptiones ; Curae posteriores seu plurimarum non ante cognitarum, aut descriptorum stirpium peregrinorumque aliquot animalium novae descriptiones ; Oratio funebris in obitum Caroli Clusii Atrebatis ; Clusii Curae ante peregrinorumque aliaque / von Boodt, Anselmus <>. - Hanoviæ : Marne & Aubrius, 1609
Signatur: WDIV+E56 - Abhandlung von Naturalien-Cabinetten Amoenitates academicae, seu Dissertationes variae physicae, medicae, botanicae / von Linné, Carl <>, Meidinger, Karl <>. - Wien : Kraus, 1771
Signatur: WDIV+A70 - Underweysung der messung, mit dem zirckel unnd richtscheyt, in Linien, ebnen unnd gantzen corporen / von Dürer, Albrecht. - Arnhem : Janssen, 1603. - 88 Bl. Signatur: WCI104
- Galerie Electorale De Dusseldorff Ou Catalogue Raisonné Et Figuré De Ses Tableaux : Dans Lequel On Donne Une connoissance exacte de cette fameuse Collection, […] ; Ouvrage Composé Dans Un Gout Nouveau / von Pigage, Nicolas <>, Mechel, Christian <>, Schweighauser, Johannes, Gemäldegalerie Düsseldorf. - Basle : Mechel,, 1778. - [1], XXVI Bl. : nur Ill., graph. Darst.
Signatur: RHFOL625-2 - Wallrafs Totenzettel, Signatur: 5P168
- Buonanni, Filippo ; Kircher, Athanasius ; Kircher, Athanasius: Musaeum Kircherianum Sive Musaeum A P. Athanasio Kirchero In Collegio Romano Societatis Jesu <> [iam] Pridem incoeptum / von Buonanni, Filippo, Kircher, Athanasius - Romae : Placho, 1709
Signatur: WDIV+A75
Katalog zur Ausstellung: UBKUN/0000825
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