Exhibitions
2026 Open Education Week: Raising Student Awareness about Open Educational Resources
Raising Student Awareness about Open Educational Resources (OER) offers alternatives to purchasing expensive textbooks and other course materials.
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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, they...
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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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Past Exhibitions
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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 -
Exhibition Ideas, Art, and Community: My Zine Collection
ACLU of Missouri's Nicole Rainey has been collecting zines since the 1990s and shares a portion of them here in...View Exhibition about Ideas, Art, and Community: My Zine Collection -
Exhibition Counter/Narratives: (Re)presenting Race & Ethnicity
Counter/Narrative investigates ideas surrounding the (re)presentation of historical narratives through artwork and artifacts.View Exhibition about Counter/Narratives: (Re)presenting Race & Ethnicity -
Exhibition The Magic in His Hands: Charles Johnson’s Artistic Versatility
The Magic in His Hands presents selections from Johnson's papers and shows how he transcends presupposed boundaries.View Exhibition about The Magic in His Hands: Charles Johnson’s Artistic Versatility -
Exhibition Chiura Obata, an Artist Behind Barbed Wire: 80 Years After the Incarceration
The Chiura Obata exhibition provides history on the artist’s incarceration and showcases paintings made during that period.View Exhibition about Chiura Obata, an Artist Behind Barbed Wire: 80 Years After the Incarceration -
Exhibition Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
Leaving China is an exhibition of work by artist James McMullan focusing on watercolor paintings about his childhood during World...View Exhibition about Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood