From George Washington to Barack Obama, America’s past commanders in chief have provided domestic and international leadership during world wars, political unrest and the struggle for basic human rights. Their… Keep reading
Exhibits
Exhibition in Special Collections to Open on Presidents’ Day
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita and the Art of the Cat | Summer 2022
Predating Warhol with an art persona as radical as his work, the Japanese-French artist Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治, 1886–1968) might have been a household name akin to Pablo Picasso… Keep reading
Tennessee Triennial | January 28 – May 1, 2023
The first Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art in 2023 will be hosted at venues in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville—including the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, The Frist Museum, The… Keep reading
Distinctive Collections Take Center Stage
In today’s age of information overabundance, Vanderbilt is home to millions of physical books and billions of digital bytes of data via databases, subscriptions and cloud-based repositories. But what makes… Keep reading
The Once and Future Book Opening Reception
Please join us this Thursday, November 30, as the Buchanan Library Fellows present their new exhibit, The Once and Future Book, at an opening reception from 12:00PM… Keep reading
Elixirs, remedies and maladies: 400 years of medical history from the Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections
A special exhibition from the Eskind Biomedical Library’s Historical Collections is now on display in the Heard Library Special Collections. The exhibit, entitled “Elixirs, Remedies, and Maladies,” opened this past… Keep reading
Maladies, Elixirs, and Healers: 500 Years of Medical History from the Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections
From 16th century alchemical treatises to 20th-century breakthroughs saving millions of lives, this exhibition explores the evolving roles of medicine and healers and how these changes affect the way we… Keep reading
The Wild Bunch Data Visualization Awards
This semester the library has been part of a campus-wide program focused on data visualization. Our final program this semester is the announcement of the student winners of our data… Keep reading
The Shadow of the Sun: E.E. Barnard and the Solar Eclipse
Central Library Second Floor Gallery Opening Reception: April 7, 2:00-3:30pm In the study of astronomy and earth sciences, the Sun dominates the field in its importance to life on Earth. … Keep reading
Places & Spaces Workshops @ the Wond’ry
In conjunction with the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit, the Wond’ry will be hosting several workshops: February 7: Creating Illustrations and Figures with Inkscape February 8: Interactive Data Analysis… Keep reading