Exhibits
The University of Michigan Library regularly exhibits the rich and unique collections of its nineteen libraries. The Library also collaborates with the UM community, as well as local and national artists, programs and organizations to host exhibits in our spaces. The exhibits are both digital and physical, displayed in galleries and in exhibit spaces throughout the Libraries.
Please see the map of exhibit spaces in the menu at the left and browse our featured online exhibits below.
Featured Online Exhibits
From General Library to Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library is an exhibit of photographs of the establishment and evolution of the University of Michigan Library and its major building, the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library.
The Organic Act of March 18, 1837, established the...
This exhibit highlights selected unique interior and exterior features of the University of Michigan University Library's buildings.
From the birth of the University of Michigan in 1837, the Legislature and the Board of Regents prioritized the creation and maintenance of a library. John James Audubon's Birds of America ...
A selection of items from Sacred Hands, an exhibit which was on display in the Library's Audubon Room from January 13 - March 4, 2012. The exhibition catalog can be viewed online and downloaded in...
In conjunction with the LS&A theme semester - "Language: The Human Quintessence" -the UM Library is pleased to present this exhibit highlighting the possibilities for exploration and discovery within our collections.
The exhibit was on display in the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery from February 1 - March 30, 2012, and selections are available here...





