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 Ribbon Map of the Mississippi River from 1866
This is a digital presentation of The Ribbon Map of the Father of the Waters, published in St. Louis in...View Exhibition about Ribbon Map of the Mississippi River from 1866 -
Exhibition Remembering Mississippi Freedom Summer
The exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer with primary source materials from the Libraries Film & Media Archive....View Exhibition about Remembering Mississippi Freedom Summer -
Exhibition Picturing the School of Fine Art
A selection of images depicting the St. Louis School of Fine Arts from the late 1800s through the 1920s.View Exhibition about Picturing the School of Fine Art -
Exhibition Papyri Collection
A digitized exhibition of papyri fragments excavated by Sir William Flinders Petrie and the Egypt Exploration Society in 1923.View Exhibition about Papyri Collection -
Exhibition Music in Wartime
This exhibit investigates American political attitudes during World War I as revealed in the popular music of the time.View Exhibition about Music in Wartime -
Exhibition More Than One Thing
An exhibition with the film More Than One Thing, which explores how St. Louis views the Pruitt-Igoe housing development.View Exhibition about More Than One Thing -
Exhibition The Printing House of the Family Blaeu
This exhibition highlights examples of cartographic printing produced by the printing house established by Willem Jansz(oon) Blaeu.View Exhibition about The Printing House of the Family Blaeu -
Exhibition The State of the Union: Reconstructing a Thomas Jefferson Family Library
This exhibition highlights the 82 items within the 1880 gift by Joseph Coolidge that were discovered to have once belonged...View Exhibition about The State of the Union: Reconstructing a Thomas Jefferson Family Library -
Exhibition Thrill Seekers: The Rise of Men’s Magazines
Thrill Seekers features the artwork of mid-century men's magazines from the Dowd Illustration Research Archive.View Exhibition about Thrill Seekers: The Rise of Men’s Magazines -
Exhibition Declaration of Independence
An exhibition of the Southwick Broadside, which was given to Washington University by the Newman Family in 2015.View Exhibition about Declaration of Independence