Durham University Business School Library

There’s usually some cool exhibitions on at the Library on the Palace Green so it’s always worth checking out.
Our visit today was to see the Magna Carta on its grand tour of the country to commemorate its 800 year anniversary. More of that later.
Once inside the historic stone entrance you find yourself in a super modern library and exhibition space. It’s not what you’d expect but it kind of works. There’s a nice little gift shop and great staff to help you out.
The Magna Carta exhibition was excellent; a genuine copy of the 1216 charter sent to Durham (it didn’t get one in 1215 because there was no Bishop in place) was right there — actually right there. It was quite amazing to see it so close, albeit in a glass case. The exhibition focusses on the history of rebellion and there was lots of other good stuff too like the gloves worn by Charles I on the day of his beheading.