Exhibitions
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The Peculiar & the Spectral
Housed within the Oberlin College Libraries' various Special Collections are objects that can only be described as peculiar and spectral. This exhibit features a curated selection of these weird and ghostly items.
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Children's Books as Mirrors of Society
Curated selections from the Children's Book Collection explore how children’s books and their content reflect changing social attitudes towards children and their place in society from the 18th to 20th centuries.
From "Her smile so soft, her heart so kind" to "Dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians"
From Oberlin College Archives and Special Collections, this exhibit features love through three centuries of mementos, letters, photographs, and even several locks of human hair.
Melville's Billy Budd at 100
Oberlin College Libraries presents an exhibition commemorating the centenary of an American literary classic: Herman Melville’s novella Billy Budd.
Welcome to Aegina
Welcome to Aegina celebrates the wooden scale model of the Temple of Aphaia made by Jeanne E. Quinn (OC '88) and the history that inspired it.
Kung Hsiang-Hsi 孔祥熙 (1880 – 1967, OC ’06)
Celebrate AAPI heritage month with Chinese artifacts donated by Hsiang-Hsi Kung, 孔祥熙, ’06 in the pop-up exhibits area, Terrell Main Library.