On Display: March 16, 2018 - March 3, 2019
Location: Special Collections Lobby
The Great War, also known as World War I (WWI) — or the World War to those hopeful that it would be the only one — affected almost every continent and impacted millions of individuals.
On Display: January 10 - February 5, 2019
Location: Swem Lobby Exhibit Case
Community activists honor the ambition of the civil rights movement by engaging in volunteer service and joining in solidarity with marginalized peoples, continuing to make King’s dream a reality—at…
On Display: December 4, 2018 - January 6, 2019
Location: Read & Relax
Lively and fascinating, and a bit different from our modern conceptions, the illustrations in this exhibit highlight the figure’s transformation from a mischievous little imp to the jolly, bearded…
On Display: November 5 - December 2, 2018
Location: Swem Lobby Exhibit Case
Veterans Day celebrates all those who served in the armed forces on November 11 each year. Accounts of their service on display describe not the combat bravery glorified in our society, but daily…
On Display: May 11, 2017 - July 31, 2018
Location: Kaplan Arena
This exhibit showcases William & Mary’s diverse athletic spaces and the use our athletes make of them. Selected photographs, artifacts, and publications from the University Archives illustrates this…
On Display: September 15, 2017 - June 30, 2018
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…
On Display: August 31, 2017 - May 10, 2018
Location: Swem Entrance Gallery
As a part of the commemorative efforts, William & Mary’s oral historian, alongside Special Collections and the 50th Anniversary Committee, is recording the stories of alumni, faculty and staff in an…
On Display: March 22 - April 18, 2018
Location: Swem Lobby Exhibit Case
The Mademoiselle Zare Papers give us a peek into the life of a woman who not only worked for herself, but made a living telling customers the secrets that could be uncovered in the palm of their hand.
On Display: February 12 - March 11, 2018
Location: Swem Lobby Exhibit Case
This year’s Charter Day marked the 325th anniversary of the founding of William & Mary by William III and Mary II, the first and (to date) only joint-monarchs in British history. An exhibition in the…
On Display: June 21, 2017 - February 25, 2018
Location: Special Collections Lobby
This exhibition shows only a sampling of the travel books in Swem Library’s Special Collections at William & Mary. The works on display describe the world in words but also with maps and…
On Display: December 1, 2017 - January 2, 2018
Location: Read & Relax
Drawing inspiration from Moore’s words, “The children were nestled all snug in their beds, / While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads,” the focus of this year’s exhibit is the food culture…
On Display: October 17 - December 22, 2017
Location: Read & Relax
This exhibit features student artwork from Chinese calligraphy courses taught at William & Mary in MLL's Chinese Studies Program.
On Display: November 3 - 30, 2017
Location: Swem Lobby Exhibit Case
This collection features objects that our patrons left behind in library books or around the building. Many were not exactly lost but rather forgotten; others may have been more purposely left behind.
On Display: June 16 - September 17, 2017
Location: Botetourt Gallery
The verdict is in: We love our pets! Staff at Swem Library and affiliated organizations have submitted images and videos of their beloved pets. We hope you enjoy our companions as much as we do.
On Display: December 22, 2016 - September 10, 2017
Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda
Special Collections highlights the contributions of pug-enthusiast donors to our collection of dog-related materials, which range from books and representations in popular culture to ephemera and…
On Display: June 20, 2016 - July 11, 2017
Location: 3rd Floor Rotunda Gallery
The costume history 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,…
On Display: February 13 - May 15, 2017
Location: Botetourt Gallery
Between 1899 and 1902 the United States engaged in a war of imperialism in the Philippines. African-American soldiers were expected to "take up the white man's burden" during this war for a country…
On Display: February 11 - May 14, 2017
Location: Muscarelle Museum of Art
William & Mary Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center recently acquired 30 unpublished letters related to James Monroe, one of the university's most famous alumni. Revealing new pieces of…
On Display: November 4, 2016 - May 14, 2017
Location: Swem Entrance Gallery
Scholarship On Display, located in Swem Library’s lobby, features publications and research from current faculty members in the Kinesiology & Health Sciences Department.
On Display: April 5 - May 7, 2017
Location: Botetourt Gallery
Aaron Bayles '17 explores the connections that people create with locations around them and how we project positive emotions ("good vibes") onto these physical places through portraits of students in…