Exhibitions Archive
Wed, 09/23/2009 - Sun, 06/06/2010
Inspired by the Rosenbach’s extensive Lewis Carroll and Marianne Moore collections and the whimsical qualities of the exhibition space, Sue Johnson’s installation creates a poetic archive and a hyper-visual experience of Alice Through the Looking Glass. More
Wed, 05/27/2009 - Sun, 08/30/2009
Finding Lincoln: 21st-Century Abe is a two-gallery companion exhibit to the 21st-Century Abe web project (21stcenturyabe.org). Finding Lincoln brings together in physical space the 32 Lincoln-related documents at the heart of the web project, along with the work of web-project artists Archive, Bryce Dessner, Maira Kalman, and 1812 Productions and the best art created and submitted by visitors to 21stCenturyAbe.org. More
Tue, 05/06/2008 - Sun, 05/03/2009
A major retrospective exhibition of artist/author Maurice Sendak that will take you way beyond Where the Wild Things Are, showing how Sendak mixes difficult childhood emotions and haunting personal memories in stories with witty word play, brilliant drawings, and engaging characters. More
Tue, 10/02/2007 - Sun, 11/04/2007
Dracula, one of the most famous literary characters ever created, first appeared in an 1897 novel written by an Irish theatre manager, Bram Stoker. The Rosenbach preserves Stoker’s notes for the novel; this exhibition features selections from the notes selection chosen to show how carefully Stoker built his fictional world. More
Wed, 09/13/2006 - Sun, 04/22/2007
Look Again attempts not to display merely a category of “African American collections,” but instead to re-examine its American historical collections. Items on display range from Phillis Wheatley’s first editions and selections from the museum’s extensive holdings of abolitionist material, such as courtroom drawings from the trial of John Brown, to sugar bowls and mahogany furniture. More
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