A wonderful new exhibit opened last month at the National Museum of Natural History, Written in Bone, Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake. After viewing a real-life CSI just brimming more »
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Maria Sibylla Merian was the daughter, sister, and wife of artists and engravers. She lived a most unconventional life: she became an artist herself, left her husband to join a more »
What will the libraries look like in the future? Staff met this morning to take a first look at a draft strategic plan which included ideas about collaboration, new modes more »
Libraries exhibit Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration is being pointed to in the blogosphere via its mention in The Librarian's Internet Index "New this Week" feature.—Elizabeth Periale
Art Daily.org, "The First Art Newspaper on the Net" recently featured two Libraries exhibitions, Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration and The Art of African Exploration on its website. more »
Picturing Words: the Power of Book Illustration is currently on display in the National Museum of American History. From the Illustrating Natural History section: Das Mineralreich (The Mineral Kingdom) Reinhard more »
No, it's a quagga! From the Libraries' current exhibition, The Art of African Exploration: Quaggas were frequently confused with zebras in early explorers’ accounts. Unlike zebras, a quagga’s stripes are more »