Exhibitions
Literary St. Louis
Home to literary creative communities and giants Mark Twain, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Maya Angelou, and John Keene (to name...
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Stanley and Joan Elkin’s Artistic Kingdom
May 31, 2025, will mark the 30th anniversary of Stanley Elkin’s death. Despite a long struggle with multiple sclerosis, Stanley...
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The Legacy of Irv Docktor: From Canvas to Classroom
Irv Docktor was a prolific illustrator and lifelong teacher. The exhibition offers snapshots of artwork from different stages of his...
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James Merrill’s Poetry Manuscripts
The James Merrill's Poetry Manuscripts digital exhibition provides an introduction and background to selected poems by James Merrill.
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Enjoyment in Libraries With the Candid Pencil of David Friedman
Enjoyment in Libraries features sketches of patrons in St. Louis area libraries drawn by David Friedman during the 1960s.
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Digital Exhibitions
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Exhibition Transnational Framings: The German Literary Field in the Age of Nationalism, 1848-1919
Transnational Framings demonstrates how mass-produced, illustrated media molded a national identity following the revolutions of 1848.View Exhibition about Transnational Framings: The German Literary Field in the Age of Nationalism, 1848-1919 -
Exhibition Autour du Livre
Autour du Livre highlights research on Early Modern French literary culture featuring women as authors, owners, and consumers of books, from...View Exhibition about Autour du Livre -
Exhibition Love and Desires
The Love and Desires exhibition focuses on the female characters of Eileen Chang, one of the 20th century's most influential...View Exhibition about Love and Desires -
Exhibition Classic Elements: Ancient Greece & Rome in WashU Special Collections
This exhibition showcases the numerous works in our Collections that are of interest to those studying Ancient Greece and Rome....View Exhibition about Classic Elements: Ancient Greece & Rome in WashU Special Collections -
Exhibition Spectacular Blackness
The Spectacular Blackness digital exhibition explores how stereotypes about African Americans have circulated in visual media.View Exhibition about Spectacular Blackness -
Exhibition The Rare Books of the Shimeon Brisman Collection
The digital exhibition of the Rare Books of the Shimeon Brisman Collection in Jewish Studies highlights the approximately 750 rare...View Exhibition about The Rare Books of the Shimeon Brisman Collection -
Exhibition Francophone Voices
A digital exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) to showcase...View Exhibition about Francophone Voices -
Exhibition The Soul Inside the Sentence
The digital companion to the "The Soul Inside the Sentence" exhibition examining the life and work of William H. Gass.View Exhibition about The Soul Inside the Sentence -
Exhibition Modern Literature Collection’s 50th Anniversary
A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the WashU Libraries Julian Edison Department of Special Collections Modern Literature Collection.View Exhibition about Modern Literature Collection’s 50th Anniversary -
Exhibition You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover
This exhibition celebrates the variety and beauty of the art of bookbinding with 33 different interpretations of the same book....View Exhibition about You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover -
Exhibition Connecting Contexts
The digital exhibition of Connecting Context celebrating the Irish writer Samuel Beckett.View Exhibition about Connecting Contexts -
Exhibition Viktor Hamburger
Viktor Hamburger was one of the most important and influential embryologists of the 20th century. Born on July 9, 1900,...View Exhibition about Viktor Hamburger