Treasures of the Library...Updated!

Step into the Audubon Room to view a selection of treasures from our collections!

The highlight for June is the display of four books from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive:  Tractatus de vinea, vindemia, et vino… from 1629, Antiquitates Culinariae or Curious Tracts relating to the Culinary Affairs of the Old English from 1791, A Domestic Cook Book: Containing A Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen from 1866, and Favorite Recipes from 1912.

The exhibit also includes: a 2250-year-old papyrus document from ancient Philadelphia, reporting the loss of a donkey; and the first book purchased by the Board of Regents, The Birds of America, published in 1838, with original drawings by John James Audubon.

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 2-7pm.
Closed Saturday and Sunday, June 26th and 27th.
The Audubon Room is located inside the first floor Gallery in the Hatcher Graduate Library. Enter the library from the Diag.