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Exhibitions

Banner for the 2025 Open Education Week (March 3-7, 2025).

03.03.25 - 03.31.25

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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A miniature book with parts that mimic the movement of actors in a stage play.

04.15.25 - 10.17.25

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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The Collect O'Rama table with concert ticket stubs, CDs, and other memorable from the local music scene.

01.06.25 - 06.30.25

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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A summons in false imprisonment from the St. Louis Circuit Court circa 1846, Dred Scott VS Irene Emerson.

01.31.25 - 02.28.25

The Freedom Suits exhibition tells the extraordinary history of people who sued for freedom from enslavement in the 19th century....

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Print of a snakeskin shed in the background of a miniature book also done in snakeskin with typed text on a cutout snake.

04.15.25 - 08.15.25

Snakes, serpents, vipers, or pythons… regardless of what you call them, it is undeniable that these legless reptiles have captivated...

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Second Sight

07.15.19 - 12.15.19

An exhibition that featured the works of ethnographic photographers in the Department of Anthropology.
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Section & Detail: The Work of Phil Durham

12.28.19 - 12.31.20

Highlighted the recently acquired Phil Durham Collection and recognized the alumnus' contributions to local architecture and design.
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Truths and Reckonings

02.07.20 - 10.31.20

Truths & Reckonings was a pop-up memorial exhibition to support understanding and commemoration of legacies of racial violence.
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Why So Small?

09.01.19 - 04.01.20

An exhibition of the miniature books held within the Rare Books portion of the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections.
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You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover

11.01.14 - 12.31.15

You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover is a digital exhibition celebrating the art of bookbinding.
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