Library exhibits now on view explore the arts, science, culture, and technology

Visit this great assortment of library exhibits, ranging from a choose-your-own adventure video game, oral histories as testimony, data as art, and more. 

“In the First Person: The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies” in Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. This exhibit, marking the 45th anniversary of the recording of eyewitness accounts, is the first large-scale public exhibit of the now extensive archive. Videos, books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and other collection items reveal decades of efforts to document anti-Jewish persecution. Through Jan. 28

“Data as Art” in the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. This exhibit presents data as a canvas for artistic presentation through an array of data visualizations and representations that transcend their scientific origins, revealing the inherent beauty and interpretative depth within data itself. Through Jan. 15

“The Paradox of Pearls: Accessorizing Identities in the Eighteenth Century” at Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington. This exhibit explores the varied and often contradictory meanings of this jewel, which appears throughout period images of real and imagined people: royalty, celebrities, and servants. Opens Sept. 27

“Remembering Amnesia: Rebooting the First Computerized Novel” in Hanke Exhibition Gallery, Sterling Memorial Library. Visitors are invited to play an original 1986 video game on computer workstations. The exhibit tells the story of the evolution of the author’s written script to digital format and the library’s Digital Preservation unit’s efforts to preserve it. Through March 2

“Taught by the Pen: The World of Islamic Manuscripts” at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Yale Library’s collection of manuscripts produced in the Islamic world is among the largest and oldest in the United States. The exhibit celebrates Islamic civilization and its interconnected artistic, religious, and scholarly traditions. Opens Feb. 24

—Deborah Cannarella