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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Past Exhibitions
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Exhibition World Autism Month
In celebration of World Autism Month and World Autism Acceptance Day, this exhibition shares a circulating, curated collection of books....View Exhibition about World Autism Month -
Exhibition Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections
The Re-Drawn exhibition presents materials curated by the MFA-IVC students as a part of their Exhibition & Engagement course.View Exhibition about Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections -
Exhibition 2024 Open Education Week: Addressing Practical Approaches to Issues of Textbook Affordability for Students
The 2024 Open Education Week exhibition highlights the Textbook Central event series.View Exhibition about 2024 Open Education Week: Addressing Practical Approaches to Issues of Textbook Affordability for Students -
Exhibition Charting Liminality: Artists Books Navigate the In-Between
Charting Liminality showcases artist books that use cartographic, or map drawing, imagery to navigate the vagueness and uncertainty inherent in moments...View Exhibition about Charting Liminality: Artists Books Navigate the In-Between -
Exhibition The Grocery List Collection
Have you ever found a stranger’s grocery list at the store? Bill Keaggy has amassed almost 4,000 of them over...View Exhibition about The Grocery List Collection -
Exhibition Bend it Like Beckhoff: Exploring the Career of Harry Beckhoff
The Bend it Like Beckhoff exhibition explores Beckhoff's use of line and color in addition to profiling the artist himself....View Exhibition about Bend it Like Beckhoff: Exploring the Career of Harry Beckhoff -
Exhibition Legacy of Fandom: Introducing the Levey Family Collection on Sports and Culture
The Legacy of Fandom exhibition introduces the Levey Collection and explores the evolution of sports culture over the last 80...View Exhibition about Legacy of Fandom: Introducing the Levey Family Collection on Sports and Culture -
Exhibition Little Libris
Explore the small and smaller books in the Little Libris exhibition displayed as a miniature library. The miniature library display...View Exhibition about Little Libris -
Exhibition Pasted Youth: Analog Design of the Punk Movement
Pasted Youth: Analog Design of the Punk Movement is an exhibition of punk ephemera from the collection of Andrew Krivine.View Exhibition about Pasted Youth: Analog Design of the Punk Movement -
Exhibition Medals of Independence
One of the most iconic images in American memory is John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence. Congress commissioned the painting in...View Exhibition about Medals of Independence -
Exhibition Gateway to the East: China at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World’s Fair, opened its doors to the public on April...View Exhibition about Gateway to the East: China at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair -
Exhibition Slavery in St. Louis
This exhibition details slavery in St. Louis through primary documents, images, and individual stories from 1764 to the Reconstruction era....View Exhibition about Slavery in St. Louis