Special Collections Exhibitions
Take a look at our online exhibitions, both past and present.
The exhibitions below are currently being updated. Please check back later for more!Â
We Are What We Eat
April 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
We Are What We Eat will be available shortly.
March 25, 2024 - June 22, 2024
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, Into the Night.
Ongoing Rotation
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, Spotlight: On Special Collections.
The Art and Influence of John Dowell
October 2, 2023 - March 1, 2024
The Art and Influence of John Dowell will be available shortly.
March 20, 2023 - May 26, 2023
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, Beauty on the Horizon: The Art of Landscapes.
March 6, 2023 - July 28, 2023
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, Mapping Imagination: The Art of World-Building.
September 22, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, Chronicling Resistance.
September 9, 2022 - December 30, 2022
Click above to see photographs and the object list from What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections.
March 21, 2022 - July 29, 2022
Click above to see a selection of programs, blog posts, and more from In the Path of Islam.Â
March 9, 2022 - May 23, 2022
Click above to see photographs and select items from Up Above: Thinking About the Skies.
November 30, 2021 - February 25, 2022
Click above to see photographs and select items from Under the Sea.
September 1, 2021 - February 18, 2022
Click above to see a selection of blog posts, images, and items from The Greatest Number.Â
Fall 2020
Click above to see a selection of blog posts, images, and items from Medieval Life.
February 29, 2020 - March 16, 2020
and August 23, 2021 - Present
Click above to see photographs and select items from Garden Variety.
December 13 2019 - February 23, 2020
Click above to see photographs and select items from Tip of the Iceberg.Â
May 13, 2019 - February 1, 2020
Click above to see a selection of blog posts, images, and items from Our 5 Senses.
October 10, 2018 - April 13, 2019
Click above to see a selection of blog posts and images from Philadelphia: The Changing City.
April 9, 2018 - September 15, 2018
Click above to see a selection of blog posts and items from In Our Nature.
October 23, 2017 - March 24, 2018
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, Big and Small: Books for All.
September 8, 2017 - November 30, 2018
Click above to see select images, items, and blog posts from Corridor of Culture.
Becoming the Detective: The Making of a Genre
April 8, 2017 - September 1, 2017
Becoming the Detective will be available shortly.
August 15, 2016 - February 6, 2017
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, An American-Born Faith.
February 22, 2016 - July 23, 2016
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, Or Else: Cautionary Tales for Children.
August 31, 2015 - January 30, 2016
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, Sacred Stories: The World's Religious Traditions
October 2, 2015 - September 2, 2016
Click above to see a selection of images, and book lists from It's a Grimm World.
March 2, 2015 - June 14, 2015
Click above to see a selection of blog posts, images, and items from Framing Fraktur.
September 22, 2014 - February 14, 2015
Click above to learn more about the exhibition, Fated Sky: The Textuality of Time and Space.
January 27, 2014 - May 31, 2014
Click above to see a selection of blog posts, images, and items from Shakespeare for All Time.
