An exhibition developed and produced by the Exhibition Program at the National Library of Medicine. In 1997, British author J. K. Rowling introduced the world to Harry Potter and a literary phenomenon was born. Millions of readers have followed Harry to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he discovers his heritage, encounters new...
An exhibition to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," featuring one-of-a-kind sculptures and objects from the private collection of UC Riverside alumnus Mark Glassy. Opening the week of Sept. 24 – closing December 14. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Friday Special Collections Reading Room, fourth floor, Rivera Library Guided tours will...
Spenser’s Faerie Queene: Taproot of Modern Fantasy Recent Acquisitions of Special Collections. Nov 6 - December 14 Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room Tomas Rivera Library, UC Riverside Recent acquisitions include: The faerie queene : disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII morall vertues. Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. London : Printed for VVilliam Ponsonbie, 1596. The...
In celebration of LGBT History Month and in partnership with the UCR LGBT Resource Center, the UCR Library will launch its new exhibition program with a poster display entitled The History of the LGBT Civil Rights Movement. Created by the ONE Archives Foundation located in West Hollywood, California the material "explores the incredibly inspiring journey...
We invite you to view SCUA’s latest exhibition, The Power of Language: From Manuscript to Print, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Friday on the 4th floor of the Rivera Library in Special Collections & University Archives until March 24, 2023.
This exhibit commemorates the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia, a book that led to a proliferation of utopian fiction in the Western world. Utopias usually critique the politics of the author’s time, and imagine what a better society might look like. Many utopias sparked social movements, such as the Utopian Socialism of the 19th...
This display highlights selected items from the personal archival collection of Arthur C. Harmon and his career as a Tuskegee Airman, held by the UCR Special Collections Department. Community members can visit the display on the fourth floor of Tomas Rivera Library in the Special Collections Reading Room between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and...
Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons is an exhibition celebrating the contributions of African American academic surgeons to medicine and medical education. It tells the stories of four pioneering African American surgeons and educators who exemplify excellence in their fields and believe in continuing the journey of excellence through the education and mentoring younger...
The University of California, Riverside Library invites you to celebrate the opening of a new exhibition, titled, “Orange Roots: The Remarkable Story of Two Trees, a Pioneer Town, and the University of California, Riverside.” The welcome reception in honor of the exhibition’s opening will be held at the library, from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov...
View a selection of UCR's Chaucerian materials. This exhibit, curated by SCUA graduate student intern Christopher Queen, will be on display during winter quarter 2023.
A new exhibit in Tomás Rivera Library that will be on display from January 18 to March 30, 2017. The first-floor portion of the exhibit will be open during all regular Rivera Library hours. See here for library hours on any given day. The second portion of the exhibit that will be housed in Special...
