Exhibitions
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Current Exhibitions
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Exhibition Joy Williams: Honored Guest
With her connections to writers in the Modern Literature Collection and as the first female fiction writer to house papers…View Exhibition about Joy Williams: Honored Guest -
Exhibition Legendary: Horses and Classical Chinese Literature
Legendary is an exhibition inspired by Chinese culture and literature highlighting essential works from the East Asian Library’s Collection.View Exhibition about Legendary: Horses and Classical Chinese Literature -
Exhibition Higher Ground
Higher Ground seeks to honor and make visible the lives of people and the land that has seen both racial injustice…View Exhibition about Higher Ground
Past Exhibitions
Browse past exhibitions curated from collections held within or cultivated by the Washington University Libraries.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Browse upcoming exhibitions curated from collections held within or cultivated by the Washington University Libraries.
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
Permanent Exhibitions
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Exhibition The Blaeu Atlas
The Atlas Maior, Joan Blaeu's final and grandest atlas project, was the largest and most expensive book published in the…View Exhibition about The Blaeu Atlas -
Exhibition Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration
Featured Images on the Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration The Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration spans four stories…View Exhibition about Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration -
Exhibition Risa’s Landing
Risa’s Landing is a collaborative study space in the Newman Tower. Seven tables around the perimeter feature images of recreated…View Exhibition about Risa’s Landing
