We aim to present up to six exhibitions a year in each of the spaces, with the programme booked up to a year in advance. The programme reflects:
In line with the University’s goals, we will actively seek to:
Proposals for exhibitions should match against the above criteria and must support the educational mission of the University and the Library and be aligned with our values. We welcome proposals from University staff, students and our wider community to use these spaces. All our exhibition spaces are open to the public during Library opening hours. Details of each space are given below. If you have a proposal, then please do submit it using this online Gallery booking form. We will consider all proposals received and give an initial response within five working days.
The Gallery is an area of 42 metres wall space in an open access area of the Hartley Library.
A floor plan of the gallery is available for download.
The National Oceanographic Library’s exhibition space is on level 4 and at the heart of our Library.
The exhibition area includes:
Winchester School of Art Library’s exhibition space is located in the reception area of the Library and looks out over the tree-lined campus. It consists of 7 wall mounted cases.
We can also make available up to 4 glazed, deep tray vitrines on trestle legs. They measure internally 155 cm (L) x 55 cm (W) x 11 cm (D).
We welcome your feedback and use your comments, suggestions, compliments, and complaints to improve our services. If there’s anything you want to tell us relating to our exhibitions – or the processes by which they are organised - please complete our online form: https://library.soton.ac.uk/home/feedback
We will give an initial response to any feedback within five working days.