Exhibitions
![Master of Fine Arts in Illustration and Visual Culture (MFA-IVC) students investigating materials from the Dowd Illustration Research Archive (DIRA) as a part of their Exhibition & Engagement course.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WUL_Exhibitions_Re-Drawn-Header_20240125_134157-1880x890.jpg)
Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections
The Re-Drawn exhibition presents materials curated by first-year MFA-IVC students for their Exhibition & Engagement course requirement.
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![Beautifully decorative cover of Flora Symbolica with a miniature book alongside it.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WUL_Exhibitions_RB-BouquetOfBooks-Header_20240613_104343-1880x890.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2)
Bouquet of Books
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In this exhibition, miniature books with flowers have been assembled along with their meanings to create a beautiful bouquet of...
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![A photo of the Jubilee Housing from the Washington University Archives.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/wua00366-Jubilee-housing-1880x890.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2)
“Our Only Hope”: Black Women and the 1969 Rent Strike
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This exhibition tells the story of the Black women-led rent strike that reshaped the landscape of urban public housing.
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![A page from a typed book with the lettering squiggled out in pen with a handwritten note in Latin.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WUL_Exhibitions_Spec-RB-3F-Heading-1880x890.jpg)
Fakes, Forgeries, and Forbidden Books
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The Fakes, Forgeries, and Forbidden Books exhibition explores counterfeit money, as well as different aspects of book crimes and censorship.
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![A silk scroll detailing medicinal plants.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WUL_Exhibitions_Spec-RB-CapturingNature-ThankaTibet-Heading-1880x890.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2)
Capturing Nature
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The Capturing Nature exhibition examines how humans have attempted to capture, study, depict, and use plants over the centuries.
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Current Exhibitions
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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 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 Coins Across Time: Ancient to American Numismatics
-Drawing from the Washington University Wulfing Collection of ancient coins and from private collectors, the Coins Across Time exhibition examines...View Exhibition about Coins Across Time: Ancient to American Numismatics