Exhibitions

Codex Atlanticus
Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus to be Displayed in the U.S.
May 23, 2023
The DC Public Library has announced that the exhibit Imagining the Future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the Mind of an Italian Genius featuring 12 origin
Unknown French Initial C: The Massacre of the Innocents, about 1320-25 from Breviary Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Leaf trimmed.
Play and Pastimes in Medieval Manuscripts at Getty
May 12, 2023
Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages explores lively images of play in medieval manuscripts drawn from the Getty Museum’s collection.
Sassoon Haggadah, Spain or southern France, c. 1320.
Illuminated Manuscripts Feature in Story of The Sassoons
May 9, 2023
New York's The Jewish Museum's latest exhibition is The Sassoons, revealing the fascinating story of a remarkable Jewish family, highlighting thei
Map of the Andes by Thomas Sutcliffe, 1834
Charles Darwin's Life in Letters at New York Public Library
May 8, 2023
The New York Public Library, in partnership with Cambridge University Library, has launched a new exhibition, Charles Darwin: A Life in Letters which cel
First Folio Gallery, Shakespeare Exhibition Hall rendering
Folger to Display All 82 First Folios at November Reopening
April 28, 2023
The Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening its historic home on Capitol Hill to the public on November 17, 2023, after a major three-year building renovation t
Lewis et. al. marching
U.S. Civil Rights Movement Documents and Photographs on Show
April 26, 2023
A revealing new Princeton University Library exhibition Nobody Turn Us Around: The Freedom Rides and Selma to Montgomery Marches: Selections from th
Ab Muammad Amad ibn Atq alAzd Kitb albayarah, Book on veterinary medicine, c.1223
Rare Natural History Works on Show in New Exhibition
April 26, 2023
Animals: Art, Science and Sound at the British Library reveals how the intersection of science, art and sound has been instrumental in our un
First Folio at Christie's
Six Shakespeare First Folios on Show at Christie's
April 25, 2023
Christie’s is celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio with a landmark non-selling exhibition, Shakespeare’s First Folio:
From the Workers Playtime exhibition
Workers’ Playtime: Community and Culture in Industrial Lancashire
April 24, 2023
Finally clocking off for the day, leaving the dark satanic cotton mills of Manchester and Lancashire behind for a few precious hours, what were the options available for workers in Victorian times
A copy of the first surviving English Coronation Charter, which was cited as a precedent for Magna Carta by Archbishop Stephen Langton in 1215. Dating from more than a century before Magna Carta, it was issued by Henry I
Early Coronation Documents Feature in King’s Coronation Exhibition
April 19, 2023
Lambeth Palace Library is celebrating the forthcoming coronation of King Charles III through an exhibition showcasing