Category Archives: Travels

Happy Holiday Travels!

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Jeremy Howell

When making a trip to the North Pole, you may have better luck hitching a sleigh ride with a mysterious old man cloaked in red, rather than traveling with arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall. His expedition to the North Pole … Continue reading →

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On the Road: The Manuscript Road Trip Reaches Chapel Hill

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Claudia Funke

Lisa Fagin Davis’s popular virtual road trip has reached the Carolinas. Enjoy learning about some of UNC’s great medieval treasures, including one of its oldest Western manuscripts, a detail of which is shown above. Go to the lively blog and … Continue reading →

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On the Road: The Plantin-Moretus Museum

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Daphne Bissette

During a recent visit to Belgium, I stepped back in time to the world of Renaissance printing at the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. The museum, honored in 2005 as a UNESCO World Heritage site, preserves the printing workshops, office, and private living quarters of the … Continue reading →

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On the Road: Spring Break & Kindles Past

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Claudia Funke

This past week was UNC’s Spring break, and most of our students have been away, at their families’ homes or traveling. No doubt, they’ve all had with them electronic devices: smartphones, iPads, laptops, and Kindles. And maybe some made their … Continue reading →

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On the Road: Armenian Exercises

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Claudia Funke

A month ago, this blogger found herself in the spectacular landscape of Armenia, deep in the Trans-Caucasus, skirting the borders of Georgia, Turkey, Iran, and Azerbaijan. Armenia is well known for being the first country to establish Christianity as its official … Continue reading →

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On the Road: Libraries Without Books

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Claudia Funke

Some of us have been traveling of late, and we thought you might enjoy a few pictures from our journeys. This blogger ended up at the easternmost end of Turkey. There she visited the amazing Ishak Pasha Palace on the … Continue reading →

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