Exhibitions

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19th century color print of boat full of men being tossed by waves with whale with horns and open mouth alongside and floating barrel in waters
April 6, 2024
Curated by AJ Laird, the exhibition features 19th- and 20th-century mariners’ logbooks, which documented every aspect of sea voyages as they unfolded and reveal the complex world of the whaling industry.
man in white tunic with glasses bends over blue paper drawing with bamboo pen
March 12, 2024
Master Kyeongho Kim demonstrated his exacting methods—a meditative practice—for an audience in Sterling Memorial Library.
high-ceiled room with rectangle of suspended lights at half-level, orange carpets and desks. Shelves of books in alcove at right, student reading on couch at left with large green plant in foreground
January 9, 2024
“Something about the Nature of Architecture” celebrates the Haas Family Arts Library and Paul Rudolph’s iconic building.
Woman in black sweater stands with back to camera, looking at a glass case displaying three open books. The book at far right shows image of William Shakespeare
December 5, 2023
The exhibition “The First Folio: Shakespeare for All Time?”—celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first anthology of works by William Shakespeare—is on view through Feb. 11 in the Hanke Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library.
Wall of mounted images of movie stills showing women dressed in Tudor crowns and garments
October 24, 2023
Two student curators—participants in the 2023–2024 Student Research at Yale Library program—opened their exhibits in Sterling Memorial Library, on view through April 21.
ng rod with a red bag as bait that reads "3 million" Two submerged whales swim toward the boat. A drawing of a seacoast is at far right and a masted ship is at far left.
July 8, 2023
AJ Laird ’24 is the recipient of the 2024 Senior Exhibit Fellowship, which offers the selected student an opportunity to create and curate an exhibit based on the topic of the senior essay.
Collage of black and white photos of twelve women, talking, posing, laughing
March 10, 2023
Wide-ranging online exhibits document the many contributions that the women of Yale have made to the university and the world.