Special Collections Exhibits & Highlights

Cover of Poe's The Raven, illustrated by Gustav Doré

The Art of Doré

Special Collections, Tisch Room 103

Wed, Jan 21st 2026 - Fri, Mar 13th 2026

A printed illustration from the front page of Athanasius Kircher's "Musurgia universalis" with a butterfly atop a lyre.

From A (Athanasius) to Z (Zarlino): Changes in Printing Technologies and their Impact on Music Notation (12th-19th c.)

Special Collections, Rm. 103, Tisch Library

Wed, Oct 29th 2025 - Sat, Dec 20th 2025

Drawing from a grimoire, Tufts University MS 44

Special Collections - French Grammars of Magic

Online exhibit

An open book featuring black and white typography

Student Reviews of Artists’ Books at the SMFA Library

Online exhibit

The title of the exhibit reads "History Repeated: Plague in Early Modern European Books."

Special Collections - Plague and Pestilence

Online exhibit

Illustration of medicinal herbs in the Badianus Manuscript

Special Collections - The Badianus Manuscript

Online exhibit