Special Collections Research Center

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Online Exhibits

Online Exhibits

  • Warren E. Burger Collection

    The Warren E. Burger Collection consists of the lifetime professional papers and memorabilia of the late Chief Justice of the United States and former William & Mary Chancellor, Warren E. Burger …

  • Santa Claus through the sky with a bag of gifts, in a red suit, with a poem snippet on the right.

    Twas The Night Before Parody

    Reinterpreting and Repurposing a Holiday Classic

    On Display: December 8, 2020 - January 11, 2021

    This exhibit uses different versions of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" to explore the parameters and possibilities of parody and pastiche. As the different iterations show, both tradition and derision…

  • Brave Enough to be First

    Exploring 50 Years of African Americans in Residence at William & Mary

    On Display: September 1, 2018 - September 1, 2019

    Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda

    When Janet Brown, Lynn Briley, and Karen Ely first moved into their freshmen dorms in Jefferson Hall at William & Mary, they were unaware of the significance of their presence. The three women were…

  • Illustration of a person in traditional dress dancing, with mountains on the dress skirt.

    Fact & Fantasy: Selected Costume History Books, 1804-1936

    On Display: January 1, 2018 - December 30, 2020

    The books represented in this exhibit were intended to give mostly French and English audiences a view-through the lens of costume-into the lives of peoples and places near and far, from the recent…

  • Graphic with two silhouetted profiles facing each other, titled "UNMADE IN CUBA" on an orange and yellow background.

    UnMade in Cuba

    On Display: January 1, 2018 - December 30, 2020

    Location: Botetourt Gallery

    Film posters generally draw attention to movies that have been projected on screens. These carteles de cine, however, reference “ghost films” that were never made. These images showcase Cuba’s rich…

  • Lemonade: A Picture of America

    On Display: January 1 - December 20, 2018

    The mural Lemonade: A Picture of America was created by visiting artist Steve Prince and participants in the Summer 2017 “Workshop on Black Expressive Culture” Africana Studies 307 / Art 330 course…