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A corner photo of The Barbie Game board, which depicts Barbie in a crown along with numerous landing-squares featuring both items and suitors for Barbie.
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John M. Olin Library, Level 1, Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration

Worlds of Imagination

The Worlds of Imagination exhibition features themes of youth and playfulness. The exhibition cases showcase materials within the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections, including items from the Dowd Illustration Research Archive, Rare Books, and Numismatics. This exhibition was organized by Len Augsburger, Alison Carrick, Kate Goldkamp, and Skye Lacerte for WashU Libraries.

A photo showing an alternate angle of the Worlds of Imagination exhibition in the showcases of the Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration.
A photo of the Worlds of Imagination exhibition with students investigating the materials. A Worlds of Imagination promotional sign describes the three parts of this exhibition: Making Your Move, Board games from the Dowd Illustration Research Archive; Imagining Fantastic Stories, children's literature from the Rare Books Collection; and Playing with Money, play money courtesy of the American Numismatic Association.
A closeup photo of one of the cases in the Worlds of Imagination exhibition in the showcases of the Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration. This case includes items from the Numismatics Collection and includes board game money.
A photo of the Worlds of Imagination exhibition in the showcases of the Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration.