Collection in the spotlight
Library expansion
The library of the Rubenshuis already held 2,000 running metres of books, art files and records. With the archive of drawings specialist Anne-Marie Logan, the legacy of Rubens expert Arnout Balis, Rubens’s illustrated library, and the archive of Rubens’s country house Het Steen, four more collections have now been added to the library’s holdings. They constitute a valuable link in the further reconstruction of the life and work of Peter Paul Rubens.
Moving 2 km of books
How do you move a library with 100,000 valuable reference books and documents from one building to another? What are some of the challenges? Take a look behind the scenes.