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Exhibitions and special displays at the Library's many locations showcase our rich and varied collections.

Current Exhibitions

  • The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Now through March 23, 2014

    The ABC of It is an examination of why children’s books are important: what and how they teach children, and what they reveal about the societies that produced them. Through a dynamic array of objects and activities, the exhibition celebrates the extraordinary richness, artistry, 

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  • 1909 Honus Wagner Baseball Card

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Now through July 31, 2013

    On the occasion of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, taking place this year at the home of the New York Mets for the first time since 1964, the Library is proud to display its copy of the Honus Wagner baseball card. One of the rarest of all baseball cards, it is part of the Leopold 

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  • Africans In India: From Slaves to Generals and Rulers

    Schomburg Center
    Now through July 18, 2013

    Extended!

    Over the centuries, East Africans have greatly distinguished themselves in India as generals, commanders, admirals, architects, prime ministers, and rulers. They have written a story unparalleled in the rest of the world: that of enslaved Africans 

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  • American Sabor: Latinos in US Popular Music

    Library for the Performing Arts
    Now through July 13, 2013

     
     
     
    American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian, presents the musical contributions of U.S. Latinos from the 1940s to the present, exploring the social history and individual creativity that produced stars like 

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  • Back Tomorrow: Federico García Lorca / Poet in New York

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Now through July 20, 2013

    In June 1929, at a time when young writers and painters dreamed of living in Paris, Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), Spain’s greatest modern poet and playwright, broke boldly with tradition and sailed for New York. His nine months here, 

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  • Flamenco: 100 Years of Flamenco in New York

    Library for the Performing Arts
    Now through August 3, 2013

    The multi-media exhibition is an integral part of collaboration between The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana. Photographs, costumes and performance regalia, film, oral histories, and the sound of castanets and taconeo will entertain and 

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  • For the Record: The World of Kronos on Nonesuch Records

    Library for the Performing Arts
    Now through August 30, 2013

    Celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season in 2013–14, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet has charted new territory for the string quartet, commissioning more than 800 new works and arrangements, collaborating with musicians from around the globe, presenting 

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  • Foundations of Freedom: the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Now through July 3, 2013

    For three days only this July, come see a copy of the Declaration of Independence, written in Thomas Jefferson's own hand, and one of the remaining original copies of the Bill of Rights. These fundamental pieces of American history have never before been displayed together, but you can view them 

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  • Jill Kupin Rose Gallery

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Ongoing

    This ongoing exhibition consists of large wall panels with photographs, text, objects, and videos illustrating the history and the vast array of collections, services, and users of The New York Public Library's Branch and Research Libraries.

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Select locations provide space to community groups, organizations or individuals to showcase works that the Library determines will further its mission.

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