Exhibitions

2025 Open Education Week: Sharing Memories of Your Favorite Children’s Book(s)
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This interactive pop-up exhibition features about 50 award-winning titles recently added to the WashU Libraries’ Collection. It invites viewers to...
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Movement in Miniature
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Though many think of pop-up books as mainly for children, books with moving parts have been around for centuries and...
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Live Music Memories
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Andy Meyer, PhD ’97, has supported local live music and saved concert tickets since the 1980s. This two-part collection illustrates...
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The Freedom Suits
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The Freedom Suits exhibition tells the extraordinary history of people who sued for freedom from enslavement in the 19th century....
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Snakes on the Page
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Snakes, serpents, vipers, or pythons… regardless of what you call them, it is undeniable that these legless reptiles have captivated...
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Permanent Exhibitions
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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 John...View Exhibition about Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration -
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 Risa’s Landing
Risa’s Landing is a collaborative study space located on Level 2 of the Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration in...View Exhibition about Risa’s Landing -
Exhibition The Sky Room
The Sky Room pays tribute to four outstanding alumni and their research and features a color mosaic “selfie” of the...View Exhibition about The Sky Room -
Exhibition Declaration of Independence
An exhibition of the Southwick Broadside, which was given to Washington University by the Newman Family in 2015.View Exhibition about Declaration of Independence