EXHIBITS
The Exhibit Room, the exhibit areas in the Maryland Room, and the nearby Katherine Anne Porter Room in Hornbake Library feature periodic displays of materials from the Marylandia and Rare Books Department. Information about these exhibits and selected images and captions are available at this site.
Current Exhibition in the Maryland Room Gallery: The Well-Dressed Book: Cloth Book Binding in the United States, 1830-1920
An exhibition examining perspectives in
nineteenth-century publishers' cloth bindings.
- Nancy Drew and Friends: Girls' Series Books Rediscovered
- An exhibition in honor of the 75th anniversary of Nancy Drew with highlights from the Rose and Joseph Pagnini Collection
- A Theater Near You
- An exhibition of Washington theater memorabilia from the collection of noted theater historian Robert Headley.
- Views of the Day: The Baltimore News American Photograph Collection.
- Highlights of the approximately 1.5 million photographic images contained in the photo morgue of the Baltimore News American newspaper.
- Hard-Boiled Maryland: Hammett, Cain, Gresham, Pelecanos.
- Maryland's contribution to the hard-boiled mystery genre includes some illustrious names. This exhibit explores the work of Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, William Lindsay Gresham, and George Pelecanos.
- What is the Third Estate?
- An exhibit of published and manuscript materials pertaining to the French Revolution.
- A History of Printing in Maryland.
- A selection of items from the Maryland Collection illustrating major developments in the typographical history of the state.
- William Morris: The Collector As Creator.
- A major exhibit at the Grolier Club in New York City, including an item from Maryland's William Morris Collection.
- The Nuremberg Chronicle
- An exhibit on the meaning and production of the Nuremberg Chronicle.
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