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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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  • Mercator at 500

    March 13, 2012 (All day) - September 29, 2012 (All day)

    The year 2012 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Gerard Mercator (1512-1594), the Flemish geographer, engraver, and maker of scientific instruments, maps, and globes. In celebration of the occasion, The New York Public Library is hosting Mercator at 500, an exhibition of extraordinary 

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  • Taking Fun Seriously: Doodle 4 Google 2012

    May 17, 2012 (All day) - July 19, 2012 (All day)

    The country’s top doodles are here! The work of the 50 State Winners of the Doodle 4 Google 2012 contest have arrived from across the United States and landed in the halls of The New York Public Library. How did these award-winning creations get here? Through imagination!

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  • In Pieces: The Ancient Fragment or Ruin in Early Modern Prints

    March 2, 2012 (All day) - June 27, 2012 (All day)

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  • Shelley’s Ghost: The Afterlife of a Poet

    February 24, 2012 (All day) - June 24, 2012 (All day)

    For the first time ever, selections from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein manuscript will be available for public viewing in the United States in this exciting exhibition, which is being shown in collaboration with the Bodleian Library at Oxford University in England and will highlight the 

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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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