From Special Collections exhibits

passenger pigeon from Catesby
Medici emblem
books from Fry Collection
detail from French book of hours  (15th C.)
Image from Cairn Collection
Amazing Stories Dec. 1946
detail from one of the Wisconsin Papyri
cover of The historie of the great and mightie kingdome of China (1588)
engraving in Khunrath's alchemical masterpiece (late 16th C.)
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Current Hours

Monday - Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm

Hours through the end of spring semester 2012

Department of
Special Collections

Current Exhibit

Big Books in Special Collections

Now on display through May 18, 2012

This exhibit showcases large books in Special Collections, ranging from botany to exploration, from antiquities to dictionaries. These books -- large, thick, and sometimes both -- often contain elaborate illustrations, some of which are hand-colored. The biggest of the books on display is one of the volumes of Audubon's double elephant folio Birds of America. More »