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Special Collections Exhibits

Special Collections has curated a number of physical and digital exhibitions throughout the years. Below are some of the more recent digital exhibitions that highlight the richness of our collections.

WWII Comic Arts and Propaganda

Comic book cover of Nick Fury and American soldiers fighting Nazi soldiers with men in prison uniforms running away; Soldier with a swastika on his helmet in the foreground and a fire in the background

WWII Comic Arts and Propaganda is an online exhibition of comic arts materials held by Mizzou Libraries Special Collections that...

In Their Own Words: The French Revolution in Print

Page with large and small printing inside two dark horizontal lines

Fine Press Materials in Special Collections

Color print of man in yellow cloak and grey suit with brown hat and woman in yellow and brown gown

A fine press is a printing establishment that adheres to particularly high standards in terms of the skill of the...

Fancy Magazines for Pet Fanciers: Birds, Cats, Dogs, and Ferrets

Cover of Best Friends magazine with photograph of a cat with white face, green eyes and brown and black colors

In this exhibit, we are showcasing fourteen pet-centric magazines from the Samir Husni Magazine Collection. Many of these magazines are...

Fragmenta Manuscripta Album

Medieval manuscript fragment on parchment with Latin text in brown and red links and early musical notation<br />

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

Photograph of Black woman

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...

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...

John T. McCutcheon: A Cartoonist in his Prime, 1930s

Cartoon of three men on a ladder with people looking at them out of buildings and below them

Works from American cartoonist John T. McCutcheon in the 1930s.

Alley Oop

Black and white comic panel of a caveman and a dinosaur

In September 2008, MU Libraries celebrated the 75th anniversary of the syndication of the comic strip Alley Oop with an...

Collective Voices

October 2 – November 19, 2020 ​ George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Fine Arts Building, School of Visual Studies, University of Missouri...

Cartas Ejecutorias

Red and blue shield with blue Knight's helmet and people on horses with a sword and spears

The documents on display in this exhibition were created for one purpose: to prove their owners’ nobility or hidalguía. In...

Places in the World: Treasures from the Venable Collection

1600s map of the world shown in two large circles and human figures representing earth, water, fire and air with other figures and symbols

Maps tell us where we are. The most obvious way they do this is geographical, but there is also a...

Incunables in Special Collections

Very large writing in dark letters

Printing with moveable type began in Europe in the 1450s in the German city of Mainz with the Gutenberg Bible...

Rare Books: A Glossary

Rare books libraries and reference materials for working with rare books are full of specialist terms (or terms that mean...

Hiller Collection

Photograph of a man with sunglasses sitting on a curved tree trunk in a field in Soochow.

The Hiller Collection documents cities, industries, farming, and everyday life in China during the second phase of the Chinese Civil...

Welcome to Special Collections

Fragments of a page of papyrus with black symbols

This exhibit is a part of the University Libraries Online Scavenger Hunt. Whether or not you're a scavenger hunter, use...

Fragmenta Manuscripta

Fragmenta Manuscripta is a collection of manuscript fragments that date from the eighth through the seventeenth centuries.

Lanford Wilson

A black-and-white photograph of playwright Lanford Wilson, seated at a desk with bookshelves behind him

This interactive display provides some insights into the materials available in the Lanford Wilson Collection, in MU Libraries Special Collections...

Vesalius at 500

Picture of dead body being examined with large group of people looking on

Vesalius at 500 showcases materials from the Libraries’ collections that helped to shape Andreas Vesalius’ career, including medieval manuscripts and...