Exhibitions

This interactive pop-up exhibition features about 50 award-winning titles recently added to the WashU Libraries’ Collection. It invites viewers to...

Though many think of pop-up books as mainly for children, books with moving parts have been around for centuries and...

Andy Meyer, PhD ’97, has supported local live music and saved concert tickets since the 1980s. This two-part collection illustrates...

The Freedom Suits exhibition tells the extraordinary history of people who sued for freedom from enslavement in the 19th century....

Snakes, serpents, vipers, or pythons… regardless of what you call them, it is undeniable that these legless reptiles have captivated...

From ancient times, coinage production has acted as a mark of sovereignty. The circulating money of the colonies and the...

Home to literary giants Mark Twain, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Maya Angelou, and John Keene (to name a few!), St....

May 31, 2025, will mark the 30th anniversary of Stanley Elkin’s death. Despite a long struggle with multiple sclerosis, Stanley...

Irv Docktor was a prolific illustrator and lifelong teacher. The exhibition offers snapshots of artwork from different stages of his...

The William H. Gass: Fifty New Acquisitions exhibition commemorates William H. Gass’s centenary and showcases acquisitions made since 2013.

In this exhibition, miniature books with flowers have been assembled along with their meanings to create a beautiful bouquet of...

This exhibition tells the story of the Black women-led rent strike that reshaped the landscape of urban public housing.