Special Collections Exhibitions

Title ReWritings above an array of words for types of rewritings.
Current Exhibition

ReWritings

We rewrite classic and canonical stories in many ways. Retellings and adaptations; prequels and sequels; parody, abridgement, and imitation; mashup, gender swapping, and alternate universes. Published-in-print and fanfiction authors are telling new storie

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History Underfoot: Henry Chapman Mercer's Tiles for the New Library at Bryn Mawr College (1905) with tiled floor
Current Exhibition

History Underfoot

This exhibition asks us to look down and consider the historic tile floors of Old Library. Designed by Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930), founder of the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, these beautiful floors demonstrate an Americanist ideology that was comm

February 7, 2025 - June 1, 2025

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Students in Class of 1902 pose for class picture
Current Exhibition

Disoriented: The First Asian Students, 1893-1924

This exhibition, organized by Grace Foresman (BMC '24) and Yihan Liu (BMC '23) as the newest contribution to the Who Built Bryn Mawr? project, explores the early history of Japanese and Chinese students at Bryn Mawr, a history colored by prevailing stereo

October 25, 2023 - ongoing

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detail of work by artist Bethany Collins. Zoomed in to reveal erasure of text and remaining text "“but he continued to grieve for his native land, dragging his steps up and down along the shore of the sounding sea in great distress.”
Current Exhibition

Bethany Collins, The Odyssey

Two works exhibited in Bethany Collins: Tempest (1912 Gallery, Spring 2023) have been added to Special Collections. One of those, The Odyssey: 1990/1851/1980/2002/2000 (2022), is on view longterm on the lower level of Carpenter Library. 

March 17 - May 28, 2023

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Exhibition Poster for Bauhaus at Bryn Mawr
Past Exhibition

Bauhaus at Bryn Mawr: Marcel Breuer’s Furniture for Rhoads

October 24, 2019 - June 9, 2023

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detail of work by artist Bethany Collins. Zoomed in to reveal erasure of text and remaining text "“but he continued to grieve for his native land, dragging his steps up and down along the shore of the sounding sea in great distress.”
Past Exhibition

Bethany Collins: Tempest

March 17 - May 28, 2023

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Self Portrait of Artist wearing blue and red floral make-up as camouflage with wallpaper behind her
Past Exhibition

Not ~ At Home: Cecilia Paredes

October 25, 2023–June 2, 2024

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A cagarro bird in profile illuminated in the night by red and blue light.
Past Exhibition

Ellie Ga at Bryn Mawr College

Artist Ellie Ga began an artist residency at Bryn Mawr College in 2020, just as in-person activities were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic

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Lynne Huffer adds collage element to her installation
Past Exhibition

FRAGMENTS //// Lynne Huffer at Bryn Mawr College

Multi-day Residency
Bryn Mawr College

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Past Exhibition

The Girl's Own Book: Selections from the Ellery Yale Wood Collection

Rare Book Room
First Floor of Canaday Library

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Students sit on their laptops in a circle
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Community Gathers for a Wikidata Edit-a-thon!

"By linking TriArte artist records with existing Wikidata records, we can simultaneously promote Bryn Mawr’s Special Collections as a repository of a given artist’s work and we can benefit from information about artists, including their demographic information, in ways that they themselves can control.” -Marianne Weldon, Collections Manager

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