Current and Upcoming Exhibits and Displays
Exhibits/Displays |
Where and When (all exhibits are located in the library unless noted otherwise) |
Yankee Surveyors in Imperial Waters: The Perry Expedition to Japan An exhibit highlighted by twelve original nautical charts created during Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition in 1852-1854, as well as other rare maps and books about Japan. Also on display: One of the AGSL’s newest acquisitions, an extremely rare map entitled “The Man of Commerce.” Published in Superior, WI, in 1889, this large wall map equates the American transportation network with the form and functions of the human body. Through May 16, 2009 |
American Geographical Society Library Third Floor, East Wing 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. M-F Through August 31, 2009 |
| UWM Libraries' Spring Events Display featuring Libraries' materials promoting four UWM Libraries spring lectures, "Milwaukee Real Estate Market Segments: Spatial Contiguity and Attribute Homogeneity," presented by Rashi Sharma (April 10); "Tastes of Morocco," featuring Kitty Morse (April 14); "Yankee Surveyors in Imperial Waters: The Perry Expedition to Japan," presented by John Schroeder (April 28); and "Drawing Criticism: Political Cartoons from Reagan to Obama," a talk by Stuart Carlson (May 21). More information is available at Events. | Exhibition Case Outside of Room E159 |
| The Mitchell Park Conservatory a.k.a. "The Domes" Postcards from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection (UWM Manuscript Collection 171) illustrate the history of "The Domes," completed in 1967, and the original conservatory, built in 1898 and demolished in 1955. | Exhibition Case Outside of Archives, Room W250 |
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