Exhibitions
Some days, everything is a machine: The Poetic Practices of Mary Jo Bang
This is the digital accompaniment to an exhibition that traces Mary Jo Bang's hybrid creative practices across analog and digital...
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Staging James Baldwin and William F. Buckley: Belonging in Opera
Continuing WashU’s long-standing commitment to the performing arts, the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE²) presents...
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The Seizin Press: A Radical Collaboration
The Seizin Press was founded by poets Laura (Riding) Jackson and Robert Graves in 1927. Over the next decade or...
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James Merrill’s Poetic Places
American poet James Merrill was a world traveler. He loved discovering new destinations and exploring new cultures, and he found...
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Moral Tails
The Moral Tails exhibition shares stories of animals in children’s literature and how animals can exemplify different human characteristics. From...
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Past Exhibitions
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Exhibition Rogers Broadside
A July 1776 edition of the Declaration of Independence known as the Rogers Broadside was loaned to the WashU Libraries...View Exhibition about Rogers Broadside -
Exhibition Domesticated Pulp: Archie Publications and the Comics Code
The Comics Code Authority enforced a set of guidelines in a period of censorship and regulation for over fifty years,...View Exhibition about Domesticated Pulp: Archie Publications and the Comics Code -
Exhibition 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.View Exhibition about The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman’s Eugene O’Neill Collection -
Exhibition Wicked Women: White Women as Perpetrators of Mass Violence
Wicked Women explores the connection between whiteness, gender, and violence in women carrying out acts of mass violence and discrimination.View Exhibition about Wicked Women: White Women as Perpetrators of Mass Violence -
Exhibition Stanley Elkin’s “Pieces of Soap”
In 1990 novelist Stanley Elkin published an essay about his “accumulation” of travel soaps. Published in Art & Antiques magazine,...View Exhibition about Stanley Elkin’s “Pieces of Soap” -
Exhibition Reaching New Heights: The Life and Legacy of Michael W. Friedlander
Distinguished professor of physics Michael W. Friedlander led an extraordinary life dedicated to his family and students at Washington University...View Exhibition about Reaching New Heights: The Life and Legacy of Michael W. Friedlander -
Exhibition Artifacts & Fictions: Curated by Students in Illustration and Visual Culture
The Artifacts & Fictions exhibition presents selected works from the Master of Fine Arts in Illustration and Visual Culture (MFA-IVC)...View Exhibition about Artifacts & Fictions: Curated by Students in Illustration and Visual Culture -
Exhibition 2023 Open Education Week: An Exhibition on WashU Student Advocacy for Access to Affordable Textbooks
This year's Open Education Week display highlights student advocacy's role in raising awareness of affordability issues and the needs of...View Exhibition about 2023 Open Education Week: An Exhibition on WashU Student Advocacy for Access to Affordable Textbooks -
Exhibition Wherein I Am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers
The "Wherein I Am" exhibition examines the literary papers of Aaron Coleman with highlights from the collection and Aaron's life....View Exhibition about Wherein I Am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers -
Exhibition Inherent Vice: Preserving Vulnerable Collections
The Inherent Vice exhibition showcases damaged items from WashU Libraries' collections to explain conservation efforts.View Exhibition about Inherent Vice: Preserving Vulnerable Collections -
Exhibition 50 Years of Title IX
50 Years of Title IX features original materials highlighting WashU events in the ever-evolving journey toward gender-based equality.View Exhibition about 50 Years of Title IX -
Exhibition Shakespeare in Hand
From love sonnets to insults, the miniature books featured in Shakespeare in Hand are perfect for having Shakespeare on hand...View Exhibition about Shakespeare in Hand