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: 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: 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William & Mary Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center recently acquired 30 unpublished letters related to James Monroe, one of the university's most famous alumni.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: 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…
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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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.