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Detail of an African lynx, from Aldrovandi De quadrupedib' digitatis (Bologna, 1645).
![[Photo of the commemorative service]](/images/marsh/tercentenary/sermon.jpg "Dr Muriel McCarthy at the commemorative service")
Dr Muriel McCarthy, Keeper of the Library, giving the address at the commemorative service in St Patrick's Cathedral on 27th May 2001.
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![[Photo of the commemorative service]](/images/marsh/tercentenary/wreathlaying.jpg "Most Rev. Empey and Dr McCarthy at the commemorative service")
The Archbishop of Dublin, Most Rev. Walton Empey, and the Keeper of Marsh's Library, Dr. Muriel McCarthy, in front of Archbishop Marsh's monument in St Patrick's Cathedral after the commemorative service.
![[Image of commemorative stamp]](/images/marsh/tercentenary/poststamp.jpg "Commemorative stamp")
The postage stamp issued by An Post in March 2001 to commemorate the tercentenary of Marsh's Library. Reproduced by kind permission of An Post ©.
2001 Exhibition
This exhibition finished in June 2002. The items described here are no longer on public display in the Library. Information about current Library exhibitions is available on our events page.
Marsh's Library 1701 - 2001
A tercentenary exhibition
The exhibition was opened in the Library by Her Excellency Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, on 9th July 2001, and was open to the public until June 2002. The following is the short description of the exhibition that was published at the time.
In 2001 Marsh's Library celebrates three hundred years of the first public library in Ireland with a very special exhibition displaying the most interesting books and manuscripts that the Library contains.
The subjects covered are Bibles, music, medicine, witchcraft, maps, law, religious controversy, political philosophy, science, astronomy, natural history, architecture, mathematics, and travel. There is also a case of manuscripts and early printed books in the Irish language.
It is clear from this exhibition what a wonderful 17th century European library Marsh's is.
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