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Past Exhibitions

  • Jill Kupin Rose Gallery Image

    Jill Kupin Rose Gallery

    January 1, 1998 (All day) - December 31, 2048 (All day)

    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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  • Photography and Ruin

    March 2, 2012 (All day) - May 6, 2012 (All day)

     Allegories are, in the realm of thoughts, what ruins are in the realm of things.

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  • The Rose Haggadah

    March 30, 2012 (All day) - April 22, 2012 (All day)

    The Rose Haggadah is a unique artists’ book, the result of an innovative annual commission from the Rose family, presented to the Library’s Dorot Jewish Division by the Rose family in 2005. In three volumes, the Rose Haggadah brings 

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  • Celebrating 100 Years

    May 14, 2011 (All day) - March 4, 2012 (All day)

    Gottesman Exhibition Hall | On View through March 4, 2012

    One hundred years ago, The New York Public Library opened its landmark building, now known as the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, dedicated to preserving its varied collections 

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  • A Century of Art Image

    A Century of Art

    October 11, 2011 (All day) - January 15, 2012 (All day)

    The New York Public Library’s centennial celebrations continue with A Century of Art. Featuring works of art dating from 1911 through 2010, the exhibition offers a rare look back at the Library’s first one hundred years, surveying its own rich holdings while highlighting 

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  • Where is home?

    June 15, 2010 (All day) - December 31, 2011 (All day)

    Where is home?

    “Home is where one starts from.” - T.S. Eliot

       New York City is home to over 8 million people and plays hosts to millions of visitors from the NYC metropolitan 

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  • Children’s Book Illustrators and Authors Come Alive

    June 9, 2011 (All day) - December 31, 2011 (All day)

    Most readers are introduced to picture books at a very young age. The wondrous, informative, humorous, and sometimes mischievous images in these books compel children to turn the page. By making a connection between words and pictures, children learn language, enrich relationships between parent 

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  • Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Photographs

    April 22, 2011 (All day) - June 30, 2011 (All day)

    In conjunction with the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building’s Centennial, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs will feature a small selection of recently acquired works on paper. The Division boasts holdings of nearly one million prints and photographs, offering 

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  • Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout Image

    Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout

    January 14, 2011 (All day) - April 17, 2011 (All day)

    Radioactive tells the story of an artist and writer who drew on the vast collections of The New York Public Library to create a new work of art. Lauren Redniss was a Fellow at the Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers in 2008–09, 

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  • Judaism, Christianity, Islam Image

    Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam

    October 22, 2010 (All day) - February 27, 2011 (All day)

    Over the millennia, Jews, Christians, and Muslims have each created a rich body of founding texts and interpretive underpinnings for their respective faiths, each of which derives from the teachings of Abraham. This exhibition treats these three great Abrahamic religions, setting forth in 

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