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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Past Exhibitions
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Exhibition Doing the Impossible: the Legacy of Joseph W. Kennedy
Joseph W. Kennedy made a big impact on the world and WashU. He was the co-discoverer of plutonium, head of...View Exhibition about Doing the Impossible: the Legacy of Joseph W. Kennedy -
Exhibition From Quarry to Quadrangle: Material Memory on Campus
The From Quarry to Quadrangle exhibition examines the building blocks of the Danforth Campus. By looking closely at the Missouri...View Exhibition about From Quarry to Quadrangle: Material Memory on Campus -
Exhibition 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...View Exhibition about Intertwined Lives: Harriet Hosmer and Cornelia Crow Carr -
Exhibition 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...View Exhibition about Nicky Zann: A Life in Art -
Exhibition (Re)Collections: Drawn from the Vault
(Re)Collections: Drawn from the Vault presents new original artworks from first-year Master of Fine Arts in Illustration and Visual Culture...View Exhibition about (Re)Collections: Drawn from the Vault -
Exhibition 2025 Open Education Week: Sharing Memories of Your Favorite Children’s Book(s)
This interactive pop-up exhibition features about 50 award-winning titles recently added to the WashU Libraries’ Collection. It invites viewers to...View Exhibition about 2025 Open Education Week: Sharing Memories of Your Favorite Children’s Book(s) -
Exhibition Movement in Miniature
Though many think of pop-up books as mainly for children, books with moving parts have been around for centuries and...View Exhibition about Movement in Miniature -
Exhibition Live Music Memories
Andy Meyer, PhD ’97, has supported local live music and saved concert tickets since the 1980s. This two-part collection illustrates...View Exhibition about Live Music Memories -
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 Snakes on the Page
Snakes, serpents, vipers, or pythons… regardless of what you call them, it is undeniable that these legless reptiles have captivated...View Exhibition about Snakes on the Page -
Exhibition Forging a Nation: The Founding of the U.S. Mint, 1792
The Forging a Nation exhibition showcases the US Mint's founding documents, including a Thomas Jefferson-signed copy of the 1792 Mint...View Exhibition about Forging a Nation: The Founding of the U.S. Mint, 1792 -
Exhibition Literary St. Louis
Home to literary giants Mark Twain, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Maya Angelou, and John Keene (to name a few!), St....View Exhibition about Literary St. Louis