Exhibitions
Symbols of Liberty: Patriotic Imagery on Early American Paper Money
The Symbols of Liberty explores how ordinary instruments of commerce became expressions of American identity and independence.
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The Culture of Comics: Beyond the Page
The Culture of Comics exhibition features materials from the Dowd Illustration Research Archive, spanning the twentieth century.
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Taking Center Stage: The Black Rep at 50
Taking Center Stage reflects on fifty years of The Black Rep's impact in supporting the future of Black playwrights and...
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The Revolution Will Not Be Taught
The Revolution Will Not Be Taught features four examples of 20th- and 21st-century student activism at WashU to explore how...
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Inspiring Architects: The Steedman Legacy at 100
Inspiring Architects celebrates a hundred years of the Steedman Fellowship inspiring architects to expand their education through travel, observation, research,...
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Digital Exhibitions
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Exhibition Meet Me in St. Louis
This digital exhibition features the Music Collection's sheet music from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.View Exhibition about Meet Me in St. Louis -
Exhibition Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita features early printed accounts of exploration and cultural encounters between Europe and the New World.View Exhibition about Terra Incognita -
Exhibition More Than One Thing
An exhibition with the film More Than One Thing, which explores how St. Louis views the Pruitt-Igoe housing development.View Exhibition about More Than One Thing -
Exhibition Music in Wartime
This exhibition investigates American political attitudes during World War I as revealed in the popular music of the time.View Exhibition about Music in Wartime -
Exhibition Picturing the School of Fine Art
A selection of images depicting the St. Louis School of Fine Arts from the late 1800s through the 1920s.View Exhibition about Picturing the School of Fine Art -
Exhibition Remembering Mississippi Freedom Summer
The exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer with primary source materials from the Libraries Film & Media Archive....View Exhibition about Remembering Mississippi Freedom Summer -
Exhibition Ribbon Map of the Mississippi River from 1866
This is a digital presentation of The Ribbon Map of the Father of the Waters, published in St. Louis in...View Exhibition about Ribbon Map of the Mississippi River from 1866 -
Exhibition The Influence of Medieval Design on the Arts and Crafts Movement
This exhibition illustrates the connection between medieval book design and fine private presses of the late 19th and early 20th...View Exhibition about The Influence of Medieval Design on the Arts and Crafts Movement -
Exhibition The Monster’s Library
The Monster’s Library exhibition celebrates the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818).View Exhibition about The Monster’s Library -
Exhibition The Printing House of the Family Blaeu
This exhibition highlights examples of cartographic printing produced by the printing house established by Willem Jansz(oon) Blaeu.View Exhibition about The Printing House of the Family Blaeu -
Exhibition The State of the Union: Reconstructing a Thomas Jefferson Family Library
This exhibition highlights the 82 items within the 1880 gift by Joseph Coolidge that were discovered to have once belonged...View Exhibition about The State of the Union: Reconstructing a Thomas Jefferson Family Library -
Exhibition Thrill Seekers: The Rise of Men’s Magazines
Thrill Seekers features the artwork of mid-century men's magazines from the Dowd Illustration Research Archive.View Exhibition about Thrill Seekers: The Rise of Men’s Magazines