Digital Exhibits
Hiller Collection
The Hiller Collection documents cities, industries, farming, and everyday life in China during the second phase of the Chinese Civil...
Rare Books: A Glossary
Rare books libraries and reference materials for working with rare books are full of specialist terms (or terms that mean...
Incunables in Special Collections
Printing with moveable type began in Europe in the 1450s in the German city of Mainz with the Gutenberg Bible...
Children’s Literature of the Harlem Renaissance by African American Women
The twenty-one books in the exhibit represent how invaluable the Harlem Renaissance was for African American children’s literature.
Leaders and Heroes
Every age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. ~ Ohíye S’a (Charles A. Eastman) Libraries tend to hold those materials that...
Places in the World: Treasures from the Venable Collection
Maps tell us where we are. The most obvious way they do this is geographical, but there is also a...
Cartas Ejecutorias
The documents on display in this exhibition were created for one purpose: to prove their owners’ nobility or hidalguía. In...
Collective Voices
October 2 – November 19, 2020 George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Fine Arts Building, School of Visual Studies, University of Missouri...
Alley Oop
In September 2008, MU Libraries celebrated the 75th anniversary of the syndication of the comic strip Alley Oop with an...
Fancy Magazines for Pet Fanciers: Birds, Cats, Dogs, and Ferrets
In this exhibit, we are showcasing fourteen pet-centric magazines from the Samir Husni Magazine Collection. Many of these magazines are...
Fragmenta Manuscripta Album
When the Fragmenta Manuscripta Collection arrived at the University of Missouri in 1968, the manuscript fragments were mounted in this...
Life in America: Sixteen Black Magazines from 1953 to 1998
Over the course of the 20th century, the number of magazines published in the United States went from approximately 5,500...
No Bones About It: An exhibit of spooky skeletons
On October 24, 2023, Special Collections held a spooky exhibit! From 11am until 2pm, we were in Ellis 114a with...
Masks, Hells, and Books: The Nuremberg Schembartlauf (1449-1539)
The Schembartlauf (“the running of the masked men”) was a traditional element of Carnival in Nuremberg in Franconia. Celebrated on...
Controlling Heredity
This virtual exhibit explores the intersections between ethics and the pseudo-science of eugenics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth...
Beyond Words
This exhibition is about books with both pictures and conversations, and how artists and writers over the past five hundred...
Leaders and Heroes 2: The Arts
This exhibit was born out of a desire to showcase materials within Special Collections at the University of Missouri that...
150 Years of On the Origin of Species
150 Years of The Origin of Species: The Historical Journey from Specimens to Species to Geneswas a physical exhibit mounted...
John T. McCutcheon: A Cartoonist in his Prime, 1930s
Works from American cartoonist John T. McCutcheon in the 1930s.
Toys and Collectibles, 1987-2006
This exhibit presents toy and collectible magazines drawn from the Samir Husni Magazine Collection. The exhibit was curated in summer 2025...
Sports Magazines, 1986-2006
This exhibit presents sports magazines drawn from the Samir Husni Magazine Collection. The exhibit was curated in summer 2025 as the...
Religious Magazines, 1986-2020
The decades leading up to the new millennium and the decades beyond saw the arrival of modern religious magazines. These...
Style Before Social Media: Fifteen Fashion and Beauty Magazines from 1985 - 2005
This exhibit features issues of North American fashion magazines spanning 1985-2004. It was curated in summer 2025 as the final project...
Bridal Magazines, 1992-2011
This exhibit focuses on a select number of Bridal magazines during that peak from 1992 to 2011. They were donated...
