Past Exhibitions

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Miss Mallard

Quack! Quack! The Wonderful World of Robert Quackenbush

March 2 - December 31, 2023

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Grace Notes: Writers Acknowledge the Library

January 19 - February 22, 2023

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Grace Notes Poster
Fabulous Fashion Banner Image

Fabulous Fashion

June 10, 2022 - January 15, 2023

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Black Literature Matters

April 28, 2021 - May 22, 2022

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Langston Hughes
When Malindy Sings Book Cover

The Book Beautiful: Margaret Armstrong & Her Bindings

January 15, 2020 - April 3, 2021

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Wanderlust: Your Favorite Travel Books

September 19 - December 31, 2019

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Wanderlust Display Table
Women Get the Vote Banner Image

Women Get the Vote: A Historic Look at the 19th Amendment

January 30 - August 30, 2019

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On the Town: Your Favorite New York City Reads

September 20 - December 31, 2018

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On the Town Label
Willa Cather

The New York World of Willa Cather

October 24, 2017 - August 31, 2018

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Broken Beauty: Ruins of the Ancient World

November 17, 2016 - August 31, 2017

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Columns in ruin
Herman Melville Ledger Page

Pop-Up Exhibition: Herman Melville's New York, 1850

September 12 - November 7, 2016

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Sarah Parker Goodhue: A Hidden Collection Comes to Light

October 5, 2015 - August 31, 2016

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Sarah Parker Goodhue
Alexander Hamilton Ledger Page

A Pop-Up Display: Alexander Hamilton

September 14 - September 27, 2015

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Readers Make Their Mark: Annotated Books at the New York Society Library

February 5 - August 15, 2015

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Readers Make Their Mark Display Case
WWI Medals

From the Western Front and Beyond: The Writings of World War One

January 30 - December 31, 2014

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Edith Wharton's New York City: A Backward Glance

March 15 - December 31, 2012

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Edith Wharton's NYC Catalog Cover
Writing the Garden Book Cover

Writing the Garden: A Literary Conversation Across Two Centuries

May 14, 2011 - February 15, 2012

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Literary Lives: The World of Francis Steegmuller and Shirley Hazzard

March 24, 2010 - January 31, 2011

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Francis Steegmuller and Shirley Hazzard
The President's Wife Catalog Cover

The President's Wife and the Librarian: Letters at an Exhibition

April 2 - December 31, 2009

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Shelf Life: Works in Brass by Christopher Hewat

November 6, 2008 - March 31, 2009

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Shelf Life Poster
Library awning and door

The Library Moves Uptown: 70 Years at 79th Street (1937-2007)

December 15, 2007 - November 1, 2008

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Bringing Home the Exotic: Europeans as Foreigners 1670-1840

April 9 - December 1, 2007

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Francois Jean Beauvoir