Spotlight on Special Collections

  • To Welcome Spring

    Posted on March 19, 2017

    To welcome the first day of spring tomorrow, we offer details of hand-colored engravings and distinctive bindings from our holdings. Our copy […]

  • Polka!

    Posted on March 6, 2017

    We’re looking forward to the premiere this evening of Wisconsin Public Television’s Polka!, which includes an image of some lively dancing from […]

  • Chazen Exhibition Opens March 3

    Posted on March 2, 2017

    Thanks for the shout-out in the Wisconsin State Journal from artist Martha Glowacki, whose exhibition “Martha Glowacki’s Natural History, Observations and Reflections” at […]

  • A Closer Look

    Posted on February 10, 2017

    We invite you to take a closer look at our new exhibit Natural History :: Natural Philosophy, on display in Special Collections […]

  • In Honor of the Lunar New Year

    Posted on January 28, 2017

    In honor of the lunar new year celebration today, and inspired by a New York Times piece about Shanghai, we show this […]

  • Last Week for Exhibit: The Globe/Global in Shakespeare’s Time

    Posted on January 21, 2017

    This coming week is the last one for the current exhibit in Special Collections, entitled “The Globe/Global in Shakespeare’s Time.” We hope […]

  • Gilding the Lily

    Posted on January 13, 2017

    The four volumes of the Thordarson Collection copy of Audubon’s masterwork, Birds of America, feature uniform and striking bindings by Riviere & Sons […]

  • A New Year’s Wreath (of Sorts)

    Posted on January 3, 2017

    New Year’s greetings! Decorative covers of some of our many gift books and annuals figure in the the online project Publishers’ Bindings […]

  • Special Collections Hours in Late December

    Posted on December 21, 2016

    In the last week of December and in early January, the Special Collections reading room and exhibit area will be open reduced […]

  • Last Few Days to See the First Folio at Chazen Museum of Art

    Posted on December 8, 2016

    We want to urge you to take advantage of the last few days of the exhibition of Shakespeare’s First Folio at the […]

  • Sit Down With a Book Printed in 1623

    Posted on November 22, 2016

    Have you seen the First Folio on display at the Chazen Museum of Art or the exhibit on “The Globe/Global in Shakespeare’s Time” […]

  • Second, Third, and Fourth Folios of Shakespeare’s Plays

    Posted on November 2, 2016

    Once you’ve seen the First Folio exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art (opening on November 3 as part of Shakespeare in […]