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30

Aug

Food in Need and Desire

30 August 2025 10:00 to 31 March 2026 19:00 | Exhibition
On the left, poor children are at a dining table. On the right, people wearing crowns at a medieval banquet.
Image on the left: Photo from the Association for Feeding Poor Schoolchildren in Malmö. Report for the 1908–1909 financial year. Image on the right: Detail of a woodcut from the devotional book Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg 1491.

Visit the University Library's new exhibition room to see an exhibition on food. A theme that resonates with everyone in some way. The exhibition shows how food has been scarce and abundant throughout history. As you can see in the image above.

We showcase books, ephemera, posters, and photos on the theme of food from the University Library's rich collections. You will see a two-thousand-year-old Egyptian papyrus describing a theft of wheat bread and a poster with the well-known bread propaganda of the 1970s. 

The exhibition also features a letter signed by the Swedish father of potatoes, Jonas Alströmer, ration cards from the First World War, the first edition of the Swedish classic Seven Kinds of Biscuits and Cakes (Sju sorters kakor) from 1945, and much more.

A warm invitation to experience Food in Need and Desire!

About the event

Location:

The Exhibition Room, Lund University Library, Helgonabacken 1, Lund

Admission:

Free admission

Language:

English and Swedish

Contact:

info [at] ub [dot] lu [dot] se