Library Exhibitions Review is published annually by the ARLIS/NA. Our inaugural issue was published in Spring 2023. We are in the process of putting together our third issue!
Recognizing that exhibitions and displays are integral to library services, and building on the publication of its ARLIS/NA Best Practices for Library Exhibitions in 2021, ARLIS/NA launched the Library Exhibitions Review (LER) to promote these best practices and enhance the visibility of library exhibitions.
We have collected a list of exhibitions available for review! Please express your interest in reviewing an exhibition for us by filling out our form by December 13, 2024. You do not need to be a member of ARLIS to contribute!
Timeline
- Call for Reviewers closes December 13, 2024
- Reviewers will be notified in mid-late December 2024
- Initial drafts and images will be due February 7, 2025
- Publication date March 17, 2025
Available Exhibitions for Review
Thanks to everyone that submitted suggestions. Due to the LER publishing timeframe, some of exhibition suggestions are excluded from the List. Note that if an exhibition is both physical and online, they are listed separately.
Online Exhibitions
Inventing Shakespeare: Text, Technology, and the Four Folios. A 360 Virtual Tour in link., was physically displayed (March 6, 2023 – June 2, 2024) at Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon University.
Here to Stay: Celebrating 40 Years at the Architecture Archives. A 360 Virtual Tour in link. Also an ongoing physical exhibition at Hunt LIbrary, 4th Floor Exhibit Space, Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Banned: Censorship and the Freedom to Read. Online exhibition in link. A selection of items is on display in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New Yrok Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018
Igor Savchenko and Contemporary Belarusian Photography: Reimagining the Visual. Online exhibition in link. Princeton University Library.
Ukrainian Art in Times of War: 2014- Online exhibition in link. Princeton University Library.
Joseph Conrad’s Polish-Ukrainian “Graveyard”: Memory, Mourning, and Anti-Colonial Resistance in his 19th-Century Family Photo Album. Online exhibition in link. Duke University Libraries
Physical Exhibitions
Reviews of physical exhibitions must be done in person.
Line & Thread: Prints and Textiles from the 1600s to the Present. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through January 12, 2025) at Rayner Special Collections Wing, 3rd floor of Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018
Byron: A Life in Motion. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through January 12, 2025) at Print Gallery, 3rd floor of Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018
Becoming Bohemia: Greenwich Village 1912-1923. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through February 1, 2025) at Wachenheim and Ispahani-Bartos Galleries, 1st floor of Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 1st Floor, New York Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018
The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Permanent) at Gottesman Hall, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018
The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through March 1, 2025) at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Shelby Cullom Davis Museum, Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (entrance at 111 Amsterdam between 64th and 65th), New York, NY, 10023
Disegno: Selections from the R & Company Archives Collection. Description in link. Physical exhibition (Through December 13, 2024) at Charles P. Stevenson Library, Bard College, 1 Library Road, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick. Description in link. Physical exhibition (June 1, 2024 to January 4, 2026, Tickets required) at Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970
The Movement of Books. Description in link. Physical exhibition (August 30 to December 13, 2024) at Goldstein Gallery, 6th Floor, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Here to Stay: Celebrating 40 Years at the Architecture Archives. Description in link. Physical exhibition (ongoing) at Hunt LIbrary, 4th Floor Exhibit Space, Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Joseph Conrad’s Polish-Ukrainian “Graveyard”: Memory, Mourning, and Anti-Colonial Resistance in his 19th-Century Family Photo Album. Description in link. Physical exhibition (October 8, 2024 – April 5, 2025) at Michael and Karen Stone Family Gallery, Rubenstein Library, Duke University, 411 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Co-Editors:
Emily Eckstrand
Ashley Huot
Meg Wang