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  • Special Collections Hours December 2022-January 2023

    Posted on December 5, 2022

    Please note our reading room hours for Special Collections during December 2022 and January 2023: • Through December 22 (normal hours). Open Monday-Friday 9 […]

  • Special Collections Closed November 23-25, 2022

    Posted on November 15, 2022

    November 17, 2021 The Department of Special Collections reading room and exhibit area will be closed November 23-25, 2022. We will resume […]

  • Clockmaking, Early Modern Style

    Posted on December 21, 2021

    Illustrations from Derham’s Artificial clock-maker (1734).

  • Special Collections Intersession Hours

    Posted on December 20, 2021

    Please note our reading room hours for Special Collections during December 2021 and January 2022: Fall Semester (through December 23) – open […]

  • Special Collections Closed November 24-26, 2021

    Posted on November 17, 2021

    The Department of Special Collections reading room and exhibit area will be closed November 24-26, 2021. We will resume our normal hours […]

  • Fall Semester Hours for Special Collections

    Posted on September 6, 2021

    We’re delighted to welcome you back to campus and to invite you to consult the holdings of Special Collections in our reading […]

  • Library By Appointment in Spring Semester

    Posted on January 26, 2021

    The Department of Special Collections will continue Library By Appointment for its reading room with appointments available Monday-Friday, 1-4 PM, beginning this, […]

  • Winter Break Hours

    Posted on December 21, 2020

    The Department of Special Collections will resume Library By Appointment for its reading room with appointments (Tuesday-Thursday, 1-4 PM) available beginning January […]

  • Exhibit Checklist for Plants Plantations Labor Trade

    Posted on December 8, 2020

    Special Collections is part of the campus Library By Appointment system, and we welcome your visit to consult our holdings in the […]

  • Celebrating the “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World 2020” at UW-Madison

    Posted on November 13, 2020

    Special Collections joins with our campus colleagues to celebrate the history of Italian cuisine during the week of November 16, 2020, and […]

  • Special Collections Open By Appointment

    Posted on August 10, 2020

    Our doors are open, and we are delighted to welcome you back as part of the Library By Appointment service. Please make […]

  • Together, We are Stronger: The Libraries are Here to Help

    Posted on March 24, 2020

    Though Special Collections and other campus libraries are closed and we, like many of you, find ourselves telecommuting, we still stand ready […]

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