Category: exhibits

• Special Collections hours during summer 2024

  Posted on May 23rd

  The Department of Special Collections, like other units of the Libraries, will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2024, in observance of […]

• Join us at the 175th Anniversary Community Open House

  Posted on Apr 2nd

  There’s something for everyone at the 175th Anniversary Community Open House. Join us Friday, April 5 from 9 AM to 7 PM […]

• Special Collections Closed November 24-26, 2021

  Posted on Nov 17th

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

• Exhibit Checklist for Plants Plantations Labor Trade

  Posted on Dec 8th

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

• New Exhibit: Plants Plantations Labor Trade

  Posted on Jan 27th

  We welcome you to our new exhibit,  Plants  Plantations  Labor  Trade: An Exhibit of Holdings of the UW-Madison Libraries and Wisconsin Historical Society […]

• New Exhibit: Italian History and Culture in Special Collections

  Posted on Sep 10th

  We welcome you to our newest exhibit, Telling 100 Stories: Italian History and Culture in Special Collections.  In it you will find […]

• “Pollinators” Exhibit Extended through August 13; More about Bees

  Posted on Aug 12th

  The lovely exhibit Pollinators curated by Carly Sentieri has been extended through August 13 – we encourage you to come see the riches […]

• The Summer Solstice and the Solar Microscope

  Posted on Jun 21st

  Today, which marks the summer solstice, would be a good day to experiment with what’s called a solar microscope – in fact, […]

• Special Exhibit Hours for UW-Madison Science Expeditions 2019

  Posted on Apr 4th

  We’re delighted to be one of the “destinations for exploration” in this year’s UW-Madison Science Expeditions, the annual campus-wide open house that […]

• Open House & Lecture: Aldo Leopold & the Making of A Sand County Almanac

  Posted on Mar 19th

  Please join us for ALDO LEOPOLD & THE MAKING OF A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC OPEN HOUSE & LECTURE SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2019 SPECIAL […]

• Aldo Leopold and Wisconsin Winter

  Posted on Jan 22nd

  We call your attention to the new exhibit in Special Collections — “Aldo Leopold: Life, Land, Legacy.” Most of the photographs on […]

• Alchemy and Other Curiosities

  Posted on Jul 6th

  This year’s Madison Early Music Festival, with its theme “A Cabinet of Curiosities: Journey to Lübeck,” offers us the opportunity to showcase […]