Exhibitions
John Max Wulfing’s Passport to the Past
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St. Louis businessman and philanthropist John Max Wulfing (1859-1929) donated ancient coins collected during his travels around the world.
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Look/Read: Illustration as Media History from 1850-1950
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The Look/Read exhibition explores the evolution of illustration as the relationship between word and image spurred demand for popular print.
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May Swenson in the Modern Literature Collection
This exhibition highlights elements from the May Swenson Papers and shares scans from newly acquired diaries and digitized clips.
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Talking Back: Conversations with Special Collections
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The Talking Back exhibition presents new original artworks from first-year Master of Fine Arts in Illustration and Visual Culture (MFA-IVC)...
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For the Love of the Game
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The For the Love of the Game exhibition is curated by the Head of Preservation, Processing & Exhibitions Danielle Creech...
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Past Exhibitions
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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 -
Exhibition 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.View Exhibition about Pasted Youth: Analog Design of the Punk Movement -
Exhibition Medals of Independence
-One of the most iconic images in American memory is John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence. Congress commissioned the painting in...View Exhibition about Medals of Independence