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...
Event Location: Thomas Gallery
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Intertwined Lives: Harriet Hosmer and Cornelia Crow Carr
In 1848, two young women met at school in Lenox, Massachusetts. Hattie Hosmer was from a high-society family in nearby... -
Nicky Zann: A Life in Art
Nicky Zann’s career started in 1957 and spanned over six decades. He is known as an innovative cartoonist, caricaturist, and... -
Stanley and Joan Elkin’s Artistic Kingdom
May 31, 2025, will mark the 30th anniversary of Stanley Elkin’s death. Despite a long struggle with multiple sclerosis, Stanley... -
Capturing Nature
The Capturing Nature exhibition examines how humans have attempted to capture, study, depict, and use plants over the centuries. -
Pasted Youth: Analog Design of the Punk Movement
Pasted Youth: Analog Design of the Punk Movement is an exhibition of punk ephemera from the collection of Andrew Krivine. -
The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman’s Eugene O’Neill Collection
Alumni Harley Hammerman has made the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections an important center for O’Neill studies. -
Beauty in Enormous Bleakness: The Design Legacy of the Interned Generation of Japanese Americans
This exhibition explores architecture's relationship to immigration, exclusion, and cultural identity in the post-war landscape of the 20th-century United States. -
Counter/Narratives: (Re)presenting Race & Ethnicity
Counter/Narrative investigates ideas surrounding the (re)presentation of historical narratives through artwork and artifacts. -
Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
Leaving China is an exhibition of work by artist James McMullan focusing on watercolor paintings about his childhood during World... -
Legendary: Horses and Classical Chinese Literature
Legendary is an exhibition inspired by Chinese culture and literature highlighting essential works from the East Asian Library’s Collection.
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