Queens’ Old Library's current exhibition is now open until 22 March, forming part of this year's upcoming Cambridge Science Festival. The library is open on weekdays at 1.30-4.30pm (open late on Thursday 7 March until 7.00pm). There will be a 15-minute curator’s talk each Wednesday at 1.30pm (March 6, 13, 20). Entrance is via the War Memorial Library on Old Court.
https://www.queensoldlibrary.org/Events
Focussing on the science and theology of Isaac Newton and his Cambridge followers, this exhibition traces the path to modernity forged in eighteenth-century Queens’ through the extensive and little known library of Revd. David Hughes (Queens’ Fellow (1727-77) & Vice President). Assisted by astronomical, religious and scurrilous imagery, the exhibition presents the big questions of Man, Society and Creation as posed (and answered) in eighteenth-century Cambridge.
Above: a silhouette of Revd David Hughes, the only known picture of him.
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