Exhibitions

Since the foundation of Philadelphia, the Delaware River has been vital to its life, growth and prosperity. The river has provided access… view complete listing>>

Titanic Philadelphians spotlights the personal lives of the Philadelphians directly affected by the ship disaster. The exhibit is told through the accounts… view complete listing>>

Ray Evans (W'36) was the lyricist for one of Hollywood's most successful songwriting teams in the decades following World War II.… view complete listing>>

To mark the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, and help visitors discover an important part of our nation’s heritage, Independence… view complete listing>>

Drawing upon the collection of Karen and Howard Schwartz, this exhibition explores the revolution in observational science facilitated by the… view complete listing>>

Past to Present – Tattoo Paintings frames the contemporary tattoo flash art movement in its traditional context. The exhibit features flash art… view complete listing>>

View some of Dickens's earliest published works, his private correspondence, original art based on his richly imagined stories, and objects… view complete listing>>

A vibrant and colorful exhibition that highlights one of the most enduring legacies of Charles Dickens's genius: the unforgettable characters he… view complete listing>>

Drawing on books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, prints, photographs, and ephemera in the Library Company's collection, guest curator Wendy Woloson explores underground urban commerce… view complete listing>>

  The La Salle University Art Museum and the Connelly Library have prepared a collaborative exhibition to show and explore the work… view complete listing>>

Books for children can be examined in several lights--we might consider their lessons in morality or language, or we might… view complete listing>>

  "John A. McAllister's Civil War: The Philadelphia Home Front" is the Library Company's principal effort to commemorate the American… view complete listing>>

As a collection of scripture sacred to both Judaism and Christianity, the bible is the most translated text in the… view complete listing>>

In the early 1900s the business of art was a quiet one, typically dominated by males. By the 1920s, however,… view complete listing>>

Laurel Hill Cemetery is among the most celebrated – and most densely populated – swaths of Greater Philadelphia. Beneath seventy-eight… view complete listing>>

The Society of Friends is rightly known for being the first corporate body in North America to fully condemn slavery,… view complete listing>>

The invaluable resources in this exhibition--including books, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera--document an extraordinary civic event as well as the broader… view complete listing>>

Philadelphia on Stone, generously funded by the William Penn Foundation, explores the history of 19th-century Philadelphia lithography and its… view complete listing>>

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of colonial painter Charles Willson Peale's coming to what is now the Belfield/Peale House property of La Salle… view complete listing>>

Darwin's Ancestors: Tracing the Origins of the "Origin of Species" Through February 2010. Mariam coffin Canaday L:ibrary. Rare Book Room. Open… view complete listing>>

When Charles Darwin proposed his theory of natural selection as the means by which organisms evolve, his solution was but… view complete listing>>

This exhibition explores how news of the daguerreotype spread throughout Philadelphia both to the scientifically inclined men who experimented with the new… view complete listing>>

Werner Pfeiffer, a sculptor, printmaker, and painter renowned for his insightful and moving book-objects and artist books, masterfully constructed and beautifully printed,… view complete listing>>

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said "[t]ell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." That's what this exhibition… view complete listing>>

Over the years, avid collector and former Library Company Trustee Jay T. Snider amassed a truly impressive array of books,… view complete listing>>

The imaginative vision embodied in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy has inspired pictorial illustration since shortly after its first recounting in… view complete listing>>

Perhaps the most enlightened, genteel, urbane, and humane of American cities in the first half of the 19th century, Philadelphia spawned a… view complete listing>>

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“Documenting Ethnic Wedding Traditions in America: The Photographs of Katrina Thomas,” an exhibition of work by Katrina Thomas (BMC Class of 1949),… view complete listing>>

During Haverford's earliest days, China already played a role, as when its critical financial disaster was alleviated by a Quaker who… view complete listing>>

There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak, a major retrospective of the work of artist and author Maurice Sendak. His own words… view complete listing>>

The struggle of American blacks to secure rights as citizens—as free people—began years before our first bearded President took up… view complete listing>>

After several instances of perceived German aggression, the United States entered World War I on 6 April 1917.  Americans at home… view complete listing>>

What does it take to be an Explorer? FIND five intrepid individuals who shared a sense of adventure and the… view complete listing>>