From Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn: Yellow Square: a pop-up book for children of all ages. David A. Carter. New York: Little Simon, c.2008. David A. Carter , a pop-up book more »
Category: Exhibitions
Oronce Fine, Orontij Finei Delphinatis, 1542 The Dibner Library recently assisted Smithsonian Affiliate museum, the Rubin Museum of Art, with selecting items for their upcoming exhibit, Visions of the Cosmos: From more »
From Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn: Gloria in excelsis deo. Illustrated by Vojtěch Kubašta. Czechoslavakia: c. 1960. This double-page pop-up illustrating the Christmas nativity scene was created by Vojtěch Kubašta (1914-1992), more »
Featured on Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn: New & Notable Pop-ups & Movables from the Cooper-Hewitt Library: The first movable books for children, developed in England in the 1700s, were more »
Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of… , 1839-1843, Plate 42. Amblyryuchus Demarlii [Iguana] The Libraries opened its new exhibition Darwin’s Legacy in the National Museum more »
In terms of astronomy, things were never the same after the year 1609. Galileo Galilei got his hands on a telescope and made his watershed observations, which challenged views of more »
David Pelletier, The Graphic Alphabet, New York: Orchard, c. 1996, Gift of Patricia Fendley Dunston, N, Noodles Happy National Macaroni Day. And remember, N is for noodles… From Picturing Words: more »