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 Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols: Selections from the Collection of Tim Huskey
-Tim Huskey has amassed thousands of baseball-related items. This exhibition tracks Molina and Pujols' career progress through the years.View Exhibition about Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols: Selections from the Collection of Tim Huskey -
Exhibition 100 Years of the Compton Effect
-American physicist Arthur Holly Compton received the 1927 Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research conducted at WashU.View Exhibition about 100 Years of the Compton Effect -
Exhibition James McMullan Theatre Posters
-Seven posters by Principal Poster Artist for Lincoln Center Theater James McMullan are on view in the Kranzberg Art &...View Exhibition about James McMullan Theatre Posters -
Exhibition Life in St. Louis 1888-1905: T.S. Eliot’s First Waste Land
-The Waste Land exhibition examines St. Louis during Eliot’s formative years, 1888-1905, with historical maps and local history collections.View Exhibition about Life in St. Louis 1888-1905: T.S. Eliot’s First Waste Land -
Exhibition Valuable Dregs: Research in the William Gaddis Papers
-The Valuable Dregs exhibition showcases some of the creative and scholarly work that has come from research on the William...View Exhibition about Valuable Dregs: Research in the William Gaddis Papers -
Exhibition Miniature Museum: Books as Art
-The Miniature Museum is a series of exhibitions in which books are displayed as sculptural objects in a custom-built dollhouse...View Exhibition about Miniature Museum: Books as Art -
Exhibition Ervin Scholars: Honor the Legacy
-The Ervin Scholars exhibition highlights many graduates of the program and describes the many successful paths they have taken.View Exhibition about Ervin Scholars: Honor the Legacy -
Exhibition Stories From World War II
-The Stories From World War II exhibition brings together stories from the Second World War told through special collections.View Exhibition about Stories From World War II -
Exhibition Illustrated History: Selections from the MFA-IVC Students’ Work in Special Collections
-Illustrated History presents selected digital exhibitions from the MFA Illustration & Visual Culture (MFA-IVC) Exhibition & Engagement course.View Exhibition about Illustrated History: Selections from the MFA-IVC Students’ Work in Special Collections -
Exhibition Powder, Crinoline, Beasts, Gremlins: Fairytale Subjects in Illustration
-The Powder, Crinoline, Beasts, Gremlins exhibition highlights fairytale illustrations and illustrators' unique approaches to the stories.View Exhibition about Powder, Crinoline, Beasts, Gremlins: Fairytale Subjects in Illustration -
Exhibition Bound for Beauty
-Bound for Beauty explores the most beautiful books in the WashU Libraries' collections and the decorative techniques used.View Exhibition about Bound for Beauty -
Exhibition Making History: The Rise of Gay Rights in Kansas City
-This traveling pop-up exhibition explores the activism of gays and lesbians in the decades before 1969, including Kansas City’s surprisingly...View Exhibition about Making History: The Rise of Gay Rights in Kansas City