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The Morgan Library & Museum's Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling will…
The J. Paul Getty Museum will open its Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages…
The rare book department at the Boston Public Library has closed for five to ten weeks after the staff discovered mold spores on a medieval manuscript as well as several other prized holdings in
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(Amherst, MA—September 22, 2015)—The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is pleased to announce a prestigious Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for $47,500 to remediate, stabilize, and archive 125 illustrations by renowned children’s book…
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New York, NY, September 22, 2015—World-renowned for his paintings, sculptures, and drawings, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) also embraced the printed book as a means of a
Penguin is a book publisher that always seems to be innovating with its packaging and design (e.g. Penguin Drop Caps, Little Black Classics, re-designed Penguin Classics by Coralie Bickford-Smith). Now Penguin is trying its hand at "craft-inspired jackets." They've taken six novels and allowed six…
A rare Edgar Allan Poe letter is up for grabs from Boston's RR Auction.
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The British Library has announced that for the first time ever it is to display some of its most iconic literary treasures in China, including Shakespeare’s First Folio an
Amongst the incredible collection of rare Orson Welles scripts and photographs on offer at Profiles in History's Hollywood Auction 74 next week, this
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New York, NY, September 18, 2015—The New-York Historical Society is proud to display a rare early copy of the Magna Carta, one of the most important historical documents in the world, in an exhibition titled Magna Carta 800: Sharing the Legacy of Freedom. On loan from Hereford Cathedral in England…