Exhibitions

2025 Open Education Week: Sharing Memories of Your Favorite Children’s Book(s)
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This interactive pop-up exhibition features about 50 award-winning titles recently added to the WashU Libraries’ Collection. It invites viewers to...
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Movement in Miniature
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Though many think of pop-up books as mainly for children, books with moving parts have been around for centuries and...
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Live Music Memories
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Andy Meyer, PhD ’97, has supported local live music and saved concert tickets since the 1980s. This two-part collection illustrates...
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The Freedom Suits
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The Freedom Suits exhibition tells the extraordinary history of people who sued for freedom from enslavement in the 19th century....
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Snakes on the Page
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Snakes, serpents, vipers, or pythons… regardless of what you call them, it is undeniable that these legless reptiles have captivated...
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Past Exhibitions
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Exhibition The Freedom Suits
-The Freedom Suits exhibition tells the extraordinary history of people who sued for freedom from enslavement in the 19th century....View Exhibition about The Freedom Suits -
Exhibition “Our Only Hope”: Black Women and the 1969 Rent Strike
-This exhibition tells the story of the Black women-led rent strike that reshaped the landscape of urban public housing.View Exhibition about “Our Only Hope”: Black Women and the 1969 Rent Strike -
Exhibition Fakes, Forgeries, and Forbidden Books
-The Fakes, Forgeries, and Forbidden Books exhibition explores counterfeit money, as well as different aspects of book crimes and censorship.View Exhibition about Fakes, Forgeries, and Forbidden Books -
Exhibition Capturing Nature
-The Capturing Nature exhibition examines how humans have attempted to capture, study, depict, and use plants over the centuries.View Exhibition about Capturing Nature -
Exhibition World Autism Month
-In celebration of World Autism Month and World Autism Acceptance Day, this exhibition shares a circulating, curated collection of books....View Exhibition about World Autism Month -
Exhibition Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections
-The Re-Drawn exhibition presents materials curated by the MFA-IVC students as a part of their Exhibition & Engagement course.View Exhibition about Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections -
Exhibition 2024 Open Education Week: Addressing Practical Approaches to Issues of Textbook Affordability for Students
-The 2024 Open Education Week exhibition highlights the Textbook Central event series.View Exhibition about 2024 Open Education Week: Addressing Practical Approaches to Issues of Textbook Affordability for Students -
Exhibition Charting Liminality: Artists Books Navigate the In-Between
-Charting Liminality showcases artist books that use cartographic, or map drawing, imagery to navigate the vagueness and uncertainty inherent in moments...View Exhibition about Charting Liminality: Artists Books Navigate the In-Between -
Exhibition The Grocery List Collection
-Have you ever found a stranger’s grocery list at the store? Bill Keaggy has amassed almost 4,000 of them over...View Exhibition about The Grocery List Collection -
Exhibition Bend it Like Beckhoff: Exploring the Career of Harry Beckhoff
-The Bend it Like Beckhoff exhibition explores Beckhoff's use of line and color in addition to profiling the artist himself....View Exhibition about Bend it Like Beckhoff: Exploring the Career of Harry Beckhoff -
Exhibition Legacy of Fandom: Introducing the Levey Family Collection on Sports and Culture
-The Legacy of Fandom exhibition introduces the Levey Collection and explores the evolution of sports culture over the last 80...View Exhibition about Legacy of Fandom: Introducing the Levey Family Collection on Sports and Culture -
Exhibition Little Libris
-Explore the small and smaller books in the Little Libris exhibition displayed as a miniature library. The miniature library display...View Exhibition about Little Libris