On Display: August 31, 2016 - February 28, 2017
Location: Special Collections Lobby
The Special Collections Research Center regularly acquires new materials for our University Archives, Manuscript, and Rare Book collections to provide valuable learning and research opportunities to…
On Display: January 27 - February 28, 2017
Location: Read & Relax
Wonderfully smart and insightful, and at times sad and painful, the queer comics on display in this exhibit were completed as part of a class assignment for Queer Comics (GSWS 290) in Fall 2016.
On Display: February 5, 2016 - January 31, 2017
UnMade in Cuba is brought to you by W&M Libraries in partnership with the New Media Workshop, co-taught by Professor Ann Marie Stock (Hispanic Studies, Film and Media Studies) and Troy Davis …
On Display: December 6, 2016 - January 15, 2017
Location: Read & Relax
Continuing our annual tradition of showcasing the books, this year’s exhibit reflects on the enduring popularity of Moore’s poem through its visual and narrative structure.
On Display: April 26 - December 11, 2016
Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda
By considering Lady Skipwith’s ownership of books, how her library differed from those of men, and what it allowed her to do, we gain some insight into the intellectual life of elite women during an…
On Display: August 4 - November 30, 2016
Location: Read & Relax
This exhibit features student artwork from Chinese calligraphy courses taught at William & Mary in MLL's Chinese Studies Program.
On Display: October 21 - November 30, 2016
Location: Read & Relax
The Cabell Family Papers in Swem’s Special Collections Research Center include correspondence, publications, genealogical records, literary manuscripts, accounts and land transactions, dating from…
On Display: August 29 - November 2, 2016
Location: Swem Entrance Gallery
This year, William & Mary’s Earl Gregg Swem Library marks its 50th birthday. Taken from the University Archives Photograph Collection, the images in this exhibit show the planning, construction, and…
On Display: November 3, 2015 - October 31, 2016
Location: Bright Gallery, 2nd Floor Rotunda
This exhibit features publications and research from current faculty members in the English Department.
On Display: October 3 - 31, 2016
Location: Read & Relax
This exhibit is a photographic glimpse into the archaeology of William & Mary over the last 70 years.
On Display: December 17, 2015 - June 30, 2016
Location: Special Collections Lobby
In the late seventeenth century, colleges usually built their library collections from donations, not college funds. The main donor for William & Mary’s first library was Francis Nicholson, the royal…
On Display: June 15, 2015 - June 12, 2016
Location: Kaplan Arena
Tribe Pride: William & Mary Athletics Display uses photographs, artifacts, and publications housed in the University Archives to showcase history of intercollegiate sports at William & Mary.
On Display: June 10, 2015 - June 12, 2016
Location: 3rd Floor Rotunda Gallery
Featuring documents, photographs, and selected ceramic works from the Joseph Palin Thorley Papers in Swem Library’s Special Collections Research Center, this exhibit provides unique insights into the…
On Display: April 1 - 28, 2016
Location: Swem Entrance Gallery
The William & Mary Mattachine LGBTIQ Research Project: Documenting the LGBTIQ Past in Virginia aims to better understand, chronicle, and preserve the history of LGBTIQ people in Virginia.
On Display: July 22, 2015 - March 31, 2016
Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda
Over the course of a fifty-year career, Rev. Harris has served his community of Hopewell, Virginia, not only as a civil rights activist, but also as political official and religious leader.
On Display: October 22, 2015 - March 31, 2016
Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda
This exhibit features a selection of the varied materials found in Swem Library's Special Collections, arranged from A to Z.
On Display: March 1 - 28, 2016
Location: Media Wall Area Near Main Entrance
The artwork displayed in this exhibit commemorates the 40th Reunion of William & Mary's Class of 1975 and the culmination of the Staying Connected initiative.
On Display: December 4, 2015 - January 15, 2016
Location: Swem Lobby Exhibit Case
Continuing our annual tradition, this year’s exhibit showcases the variety of form that has proliferated since the poem’s publication more than 180 years ago.
On Display: November 4 - December 15, 2015
Location: Media Wall Area Near Main Entrance
Contemporary artists respond to Upton Sinclair's classic text The Jungle, which portrays the wretched conditions for works and animals in the Chicago meat-packing industry of the early 20th century.
On Display: February 4 - December 6, 2015
Location: Special Collections Lobby
This exhibit explores Virginia's 35 years of hip-hop history through oral histories, curated playlists, artifacts, posters, and other archival materials in the William & Mary Hip Hop Collection.