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Conservation of World’s Fair Pop-Up Books

 

World's Columbian Exposition Pop-Up Book
World’s Columbian Exposition Pop-Up Book Closed

 

A set of four pop up books from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 were recently treated in the book conservation lab.  The books are part of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library World’s Fair materials. The World’s Columbian Exposition took place in Chicago in 1893 and these four books reveal four different views of the exposition.  The four books were in good condition for pop-up books.  The chromolithographic prints are still vibrant and the paper supports, while brittle, are still in good condition.

Artists’ Books at AA/PG: Kara Walker’s Pop-up

Kara Walker Freedom: A Fable
Kara Walker Freedom: A Fable

Many of the artists’ books in the Smithsonian American Art & Portrait Gallery Library’s collection tell stories—from personal struggles with addiction, to pictorial descriptions of how to create a human salad, to universal stories of historical conflicts, such as Kara Walker’s book “Freedom: A Fable.”

Paper Engineering Lecture Series Continues with … Bruce Foster

Who doesn’t love the magic of pop-ups? As the paper engineer/designer of nearly 40 pop-up books, most recently Harry Potter, The Pop-Up Book, Bruce gives an entertaining and informative presentation, utilizing movie clips, PowerPoint, show-and-tell and hands-on demonstrations to introduce audiences — young and young-at-heart alike, to the mysteries and science of movable books.