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An apothecary carrying medicines on his body.
March 27, 2018
What did a pharmacy look like in Europe, between 1500 and 1800? What kind of activities took place within its walls? Who were the pharmacists? What kind of drugs did they make, and where did the ingredients come from? This exhibit, organized by the students in Professor Paola Bertucci's...
Jane Davis Doggett a Yale architect known for her wayfinding systems.
March 23, 2018
If you enter an airport today, you will almost certainly see the design concepts of Jane Davis Doggett ’56 MFA in action. Doggett attended what was then called the Yale School of Architecture and Design in its modernist heyday, studying with the likes of Josef Albers, Louis Kahn, and Alvin Eisenman...
Memorabilia shelf in Sterling Memorial Library
March 23, 2018
Immerse yourself in Yale’s more than 300-year history through this exhibit of documents and artifacts from Yale University Library’s Manuscript and Archives Department. The exhibit is organized around themes of student life, places and programs, Yale and the world, and Yale events. The extensive...
Beatrix Farrand walking in the gardens she landscaped at Yale
March 19, 2018
Please join us on Thursday, March 29 at 3 pm in the CSSSI 24-Hour Space for a celebration of the life and legacy of Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959). Farrand, the only founding woman member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, designed gardens for the White House and the New York Botanical...
March 13, 2018
Curating Revolution: Politics on Display in Mao's China Speaker: Denise Ho Assistant Professor of History, Yale University Time: 4:30 pm-5:30 pm, Thursday April 19 Place: International Room, Sterling Memorial Library (Coffee and cookies will be provided before the talk at 4:00 pm) How did China’s...
March 12, 2018
Why Do We Need DH?: Digital Humanities in China Speaker: Jing Chen  陈静 Associate Professor, School of Arts, Nanjing University Founder & Editor, 01Lab (零壹 Lab) Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm, Friday April 6 Place: Room 218, Sterling Memorial Library Sponsored by the East Asia Library, Digital Humanities...
Woman playing the lute
March 9, 2018
The Gilmore Music Library holds many remarkable scores, books, and images of guitar and lute music. Our online exhibit, Treasures of Guitar and Lute Music from the Gilmore Music Library, spans more than 400 years. It includes two remarkable lute works from the late 16th and early 17th centuries: a...

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