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Winter Closure

Multiple Danforth campus libraries will be closed and inaccessible to patrons from December 21 until January 2. Read on for more details. 

Print of a snakeskin shed in the background of a miniature book also done in snakeskin with typed text on a cutout snake.
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John M. Olin Library, Level 1, Julian Edison Department of Special Collections Reading Room

Snakes on the Page

Snakes, serpents, vipers, or pythons… regardless of what you call them, it is undeniable that these legless reptiles have captivated humans throughout time. The Snakes on the Page exhibition showcases how snakes have influenced art and form in printed work.

The exhibition, organized by Special Collections Student Assistant Emmett Campbell, highlights the collection’s abstract to literal representations of snakes, depicting them as man-eating beasts and docile creatures.