Open Topstukken Maastricht University and Radboud University
Maastricht University and Radboud University (Nijmegen) are two Dutch universities located in the south-east of the country. Both universities' libraries hold rich and extensive special collections (Special Collections Radboud University / Special Collections Maastricht University). Until the end of August 2025, both universities collaborate on a project named Open Topstukken (Open Collection Highlights) in which 15 collection highlights from each university library - a selection of rare books and manuscripts - are selected, digitized, and published, and also made available on Wikidata.
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TODO: A (photoshopped) collage of items from both universities special collections will be shown here.
Thematic exhibition
One of the aims of our collaborative project is to show an integrated view on the Topstukken items from both university libraries. We have divided our Topstukken into four themes. The tiles below lead you to a thematic page at hosted at Radboud University or Maastricht University. The respective media (scanned books) are loaded from the respective Omeka S instance using the IIIF protocol.
Disclaimer: These collections are presented together here for convenience, but not all functionalities are available. This is because each institution manages its metadata in its own systems.
