Exhibitions
Staging James Baldwin and William F. Buckley: Belonging in Opera
Continuing WashU’s long-standing commitment to the performing arts, the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE²) presents...
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The Seizen Press: A Radical Collaboration
The Seizen Press was founded by poets Laura (Riding) Jackson and Robert Graves in 1927. Over the next decade or...
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James Merrill’s Poetic Places
American poet James Merrill was a world traveler. He loved discovering new destinations and exploring new cultures, and he found...
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Moral Tails
The Moral Tails exhibition shares stories of animals in children’s literature and how animals can exemplify different human characteristics. From...
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Unalienable Rights: 250 Years of the Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence and created the United States of America. In...
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Digital Exhibitions
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Exhibition Joy Williams: Honored Guest
The digital exhibition connecting Joy Williams to writers in the Modern Literature Collection and celebrating her as our honored guest.View Exhibition about Joy Williams: Honored Guest -
Exhibition Transnational Framings: The German Literary Field in the Age of Nationalism, 1848-1919
Transnational Framings demonstrates how mass-produced, illustrated media molded a national identity following the revolutions of 1848.View Exhibition about Transnational Framings: The German Literary Field in the Age of Nationalism, 1848-1919 -
Exhibition Autour du Livre
Autour du Livre highlights research on Early Modern French literary culture featuring women as authors, owners, and consumers of books, from...View Exhibition about Autour du Livre -
Exhibition Love and Desires
The Love and Desires exhibition focuses on the female characters of Eileen Chang, one of the 20th century's most influential...View Exhibition about Love and Desires -
Exhibition Classic Elements: Ancient Greece & Rome in WashU Special Collections
This exhibition showcases the numerous works in our Collections that are of interest to those studying Ancient Greece and Rome....View Exhibition about Classic Elements: Ancient Greece & Rome in WashU Special Collections -
Exhibition Spectacular Blackness
The Spectacular Blackness digital exhibition explores how stereotypes about African Americans have circulated in visual media.View Exhibition about Spectacular Blackness -
Exhibition The Rare Books of the Shimeon Brisman Collection
The digital exhibition of the Rare Books of the Shimeon Brisman Collection in Jewish Studies highlights the approximately 750 rare...View Exhibition about The Rare Books of the Shimeon Brisman Collection -
Exhibition Francophone Voices
A digital exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) to showcase...View Exhibition about Francophone Voices -
Exhibition The Soul Inside the Sentence
The digital companion to the "The Soul Inside the Sentence" exhibition examining the life and work of William H. Gass.View Exhibition about The Soul Inside the Sentence -
Exhibition Modern Literature Collection’s 50th Anniversary
A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the WashU Libraries Julian Edison Department of Special Collections Modern Literature Collection.View Exhibition about Modern Literature Collection’s 50th Anniversary -
Exhibition You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover
This exhibition celebrates the variety and beauty of the art of bookbinding with 33 different interpretations of the same book....View Exhibition about You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover -
Exhibition Connecting Contexts
The digital exhibition of Connecting Context celebrating the Irish writer Samuel Beckett.View Exhibition about Connecting Contexts