Exhibitions
![Master of Fine Arts in Illustration and Visual Culture (MFA-IVC) students investigating materials from the Dowd Illustration Research Archive (DIRA) as a part of their Exhibition & Engagement course.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WUL_Exhibitions_Re-Drawn-Header_20240125_134157-1880x890.jpg)
Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections
The Re-Drawn exhibition presents materials curated by first-year MFA-IVC students for their Exhibition & Engagement course requirement.
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![Beautifully decorative cover of Flora Symbolica with a miniature book alongside it.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WUL_Exhibitions_RB-BouquetOfBooks-Header_20240613_104343-1880x890.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2)
Bouquet of Books
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In this exhibition, miniature books with flowers have been assembled along with their meanings to create a beautiful bouquet of...
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![A photo of the Jubilee Housing from the Washington University Archives.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/wua00366-Jubilee-housing-1880x890.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2)
“Our Only Hope”: Black Women and the 1969 Rent Strike
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This exhibition tells the story of the Black women-led rent strike that reshaped the landscape of urban public housing.
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![A page from a typed book with the lettering squiggled out in pen with a handwritten note in Latin.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WUL_Exhibitions_Spec-RB-3F-Heading-1880x890.jpg)
Fakes, Forgeries, and Forbidden Books
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The Fakes, Forgeries, and Forbidden Books exhibition explores counterfeit money, as well as different aspects of book crimes and censorship.
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![A silk scroll detailing medicinal plants.](https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WUL_Exhibitions_Spec-RB-CapturingNature-ThankaTibet-Heading-1880x890.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2)
Capturing Nature
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The Capturing Nature exhibition examines how humans have attempted to capture, study, depict, and use plants over the centuries.
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Past Exhibitions
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Exhibition Shakespeare in Hand
-From love sonnets to insults, the miniature books featured in Shakespeare in Hand are perfect for having Shakespeare on hand...View Exhibition about Shakespeare in Hand -
Exhibition Flat Out Rebellion: The Rule-Breaking Career of Designer-Illustrator Seymour Chwast
-From politically charged anti-war posters to unconventional picture books, Seymour Chwast rewrote visual culture through acts of protest.View Exhibition about Flat Out Rebellion: The Rule-Breaking Career of Designer-Illustrator Seymour Chwast -
Exhibition The Play’s the Thing: Shakespeare in Special Collections
-The Play's the Thing exhibition celebrates the 400-year anniversary of the first folio and the reach of Shakespeare's influence.View Exhibition about The Play’s the Thing: Shakespeare in Special Collections -
Exhibition Beauty in Enormous Bleakness: The Design Legacy of the Interned Generation of Japanese Americans
-This exhibition explores architecture's relationship to immigration, exclusion, and cultural identity in the post-war landscape of the 20th-century United States.View Exhibition about Beauty in Enormous Bleakness: The Design Legacy of the Interned Generation of Japanese Americans -
Exhibition Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols: Selections from the Collection of Tim Huskey
-Tim Huskey has amassed thousands of baseball-related items. This exhibition tracks Molina and Pujols' career progress through the years.View Exhibition about Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols: Selections from the Collection of Tim Huskey -
Exhibition 100 Years of the Compton Effect
-American physicist Arthur Holly Compton conducted groundbreaking research at Washington University in the 1920s and was awarded the Nobel Prize...View Exhibition about 100 Years of the Compton Effect -
Exhibition James McMullan Theatre Posters
-Seven posters by Principal Poster Artist for Lincoln Center Theater James McMullan are on view in the Kranzberg Art &...View Exhibition about James McMullan Theatre Posters -
Exhibition Life in St. Louis 1888-1905: T.S. Eliot’s First Waste Land
-The Waste Land exhibition examines St. Louis during Eliot’s formative years, 1888-1905, with historical maps and local history collections.View Exhibition about Life in St. Louis 1888-1905: T.S. Eliot’s First Waste Land -
Exhibition Valuable Dregs: Research in the William Gaddis Papers
-The Valuable Dregs exhibition showcases some of the creative and scholarly work that has come from research on the William...View Exhibition about Valuable Dregs: Research in the William Gaddis Papers -
Exhibition Miniature Museum: Books as Art
-The Miniature Museum is a series of exhibitions in which books are displayed as sculptural objects in a custom-built dollhouse...View Exhibition about Miniature Museum: Books as Art -
Exhibition Ervin Scholars: Honor the Legacy
-The Ervin Scholars exhibition highlights many graduates of the program and describes the many successful paths they have taken.View Exhibition about Ervin Scholars: Honor the Legacy -
Exhibition Stories From World War II
-The Stories From World War II exhibition brings together stories from the Second World War told through special collections.View Exhibition about Stories From World War II