Exhibits

Featured Exhibit

Engraving of the Marquis de Lafayette Marquis de Lafayette by Noël Le Mire from a painting by Jean-Baptiste Le Paon.
October 1, 2024 to November 15, 2024
Location: Swem Library, Special Collections Lobby; Traveling exhibit in Read & Relax

Lafayette’s honorary degree presented by William & Mary in 1824, on loan from the Chambrun Foundation in France, is on display Swem Library’s Special Collections Research Center, along with other rare items related to Lafayette.  

Current Exhibits

  • Silhouette of a person using a wheelchair with an upraised fist and the text ADAPT at the top
    August 28, 2024 to December 1, 2024
    Location: Swem Library, Rotunda Galleries (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Floors)

    Created as a way to spread the histories of underdogs and lesser-known narratives, the Celebrate People’s History poster series is an ongoing project curated by Josh MacPhee and the Pittsburgh-based Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative since 1998.

  • Multi-color swirl on graph paper

    Scholarship on Display

    May 6, 2024 to January 5, 2025
    Location: Swem Library's Entrance Gallery

    The Data Science program has 11 faculty members whose research covers a broad range of area strengths: Data and Society, Large Scale Experiments, Patterns of Information Dissemination, Data and Location, and Public Health.

  • Chief Justice Warren E. Burger seated at desk in his chambers at the Supreme Court.

    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 (1907-1995). The exhibit provides a glimpse at some of the photographs and memorabilia, as well as an overview of the recreation of Burger's Supreme Court office inside the Special Collections Research Center.