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Margaret Mee: Portraits of Plants

September 21, 2021–January 9, 2022 | Centered on the paintings of botanical artist Margaret Mee, this exhibit explores the traditions of women botanical ...

Dumbarton Oaks at the Rio Olympics

Margaret Mee’s Painting Included in the Opening Ceremony

A New Old View

Dumbarton Oaks Acquires Seventeenth-Century Monument Guide

City Water/City Life

Upcoming exhibit showcases the history of waterfronts in urban design

Grammars of the Former World

Rare Book Collection acquires Andreas Sennert’s seventeenth-century lexicographical studies

The Treatises of Melchior Guilandino

Dumbarton Oaks acquires sixteenth-century botanical texts

The Records of Life

Dumbarton Oaks acquires colonial Latin American manuscripts

Naming Stones

Dumbarton Oaks acquires 18th-century Japanese garden scroll

Behind the Scenes: Beaming a Book to the Internet

Librarians preserve 500 years of history with keen eyes and sharp knives

Oral History Interview with Caroline Backlund, undertaken by Anne Steptoe, Elizabeth Gettinger, and Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent at the Dumbarton Oaks Guest ...