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Freeman’s will begin its yearlong celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the…
An archive of Louisa May Alcott material acquired by the Concord Free Public Library includes…
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A new exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art celebrates the art of photography in picture books.
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Bonhams has announced a major sale dedicated to Oscar Wilde's life and works which will take place on February 18.It will feature the collection of noted Wilde collector, bibliophile, and former dealer in Oriental antiques Jeremy Mason who has been collecting Wilde memorabilia for the last 60 years…
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The Morgan Library & Museum's exhibition lineup for 2026 includes a display of late medieval European blockbooks, the history of ragtime, drawings from the collection of John Ashbery, the life and career of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the origins of Tarot, and the story of storytelling. 
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A new exhibition at The Grolier Club explores the evolution of technology and its impact on labor through a close look at the history of printing.
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The current exhibition at The New York Historical focuses on the development of the ideas of the American Revolution through original printings and explores how their dissemination strengthened the push for American independence.Running through April 12, 2026, Declaring the Revolution: America’s…
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The Morgan Library & Museum's Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling will explore the history of storytelling running January 30 through May 3, 2026.It highlights a variety of narratives from the Babylonian Epic of Atrahasis which is among the earliest literary works preserved…
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The J. Paul Getty Museum will open its Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages exhibition next month exploring how the Biblical story of Creation was visualized and interpreted in the Middle Ages and today.On view at the Getty Center from January 27 through April 19, 2026, the…
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Decorations and holiday trees inspired by poems, traditional tales, and children’s books are on show at this year's Yuletide at Winterthur which runs through January 4 in Delaware.
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A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions, first impressions has been sold by Heritage Auctions for $250,000.
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Christ Church Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries have become joint owners of an exceptionally rare first edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the most important of only 22 known surviving copies of the first and subsequently withdrawn edition.