Dumbarton Oaks
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A Century in the Gardens Exhibit
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Beatrix Farrand’s design of the Dumbarton Oaks landscape, the exhibit includes archival images, as well as newly commissioned photographs, selections from the Rare Book Collection, and a design timeline.No publisherRare Book GalleryRare Book CollectionMuseum2022/05/11 14:36:00 GMT-4PageFour Byzantine Manuscripts
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April 25–October 20, 2013 | This exhibit offers a glimpse into the world of handwritten illuminated texts of the New Testament.No publisherCourtyard GalleryRare Book CollectionMuseum2021/09/21 11:38:00 GMT-4PageFour Rare Book Acquisitions Build on Early Colonial Holdings
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New acquisitions contribute to linguistic, religious, and legal studies of early colonial MexicoNo publisherPre-Columbian StudiesAcquisitionsRare Book Collection2020/12/07 10:52:03 GMT-4News ItemDumbarton Oaks Acquires Important Works Contributing to Study of the Nahua Language and the Natural History of Mexico
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No publisherPre-Columbian StudiesRare Book CollectionAcquisitions2020/09/21 10:15:00 GMT-4News ItemBehind the Scenes: Finding Food in Rare Books
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Folger Before “Farm to Table” team visits the Plant Humanities InitiativeNo publisherPlant HumanitiesRare Book CollectionBehind the ScenesMellon Initiative2020/05/01 13:23:00 GMT-4News ItemMargaret Mee: Portraits of Plants
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Centered on the paintings of botanical artist Margaret Mee, this exhibit explores the traditions of women botanical artists and illustrators primarily using materials from the Rare Book Collection.No publisherOnline ExhibitionRare Book Collection2020/03/10 16:22:00 GMT-4ExhibitMargaret Mee Study Day
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No publisherRare Book CollectionEventsPlant HumanitiesStudy Day2020/02/04 16:55:00 GMT-4PageMargaret Mee: Portraits of Plants
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September 21, 2021–January 9, 2022 | Centered on the paintings of botanical artist Margaret Mee, this exhibit explores the traditions of women botanical artists and illustrators primarily using materials from the Rare Book Collection.No publisherRare Book GalleryRare Book CollectionMuseum2020/01/23 14:54:00 GMT-4FolderBehind the Scenes: Beaming a Book to the Internet
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Librarians preserve 500 years of history with keen eyes and sharp knivesNo publisherRare Book CollectionBehind the ScenesDigitization2019/11/01 10:24:00 GMT-4News ItemThe Mystery of the Pink Pineapple
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How a team of scholars uncovered the lost history of a rare Southeast Asian bookNo publisherResearchRare Book CollectionPlant Humanities2019/08/27 13:53:00 GMT-4News Item2024 Plant Humanities Summer Program
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June 29–July 27, 2024 (in person), July 29-August 9 (virtual) | Program for advanced undergraduates and graduate students with an interest in plants from the perspectives of botany, botanical exploration, the history of science and medicine, environmental studies, art history, literature, and the history of the book and botanical illustration.No publisherPlant HumanitiesRare Book CollectionSummer ProgramsEventsUpcoming2019/07/29 11:19:00 GMT-4PagePiety and Pleasure: Western Travel to the Holy Land
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April–October 2019 | This exhibit explores how the interest in the Holy Land was connected to a longer history of travel to the western Mediterranean and coincided with and contributed to the development of Western tourism as we know it today.No publisherBliss and Orientation GalleriesRare Book GalleryRare Book CollectionMuseum2019/05/31 17:01:00 GMT-4PageHans Vredeman de Vries
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This selection from the Rare Book Collection contains several important titles that give a taste of Hans Vredeman de Vries’s versatility and prolificacy as a Dutch Renaissance architect, painter, and engineer.No publisherOnline ExhibitionRare Book Collection2019/02/11 12:56:00 GMT-4Exhibit SectionExuberant Visions of the German Baroque
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Through selections from the Rare Book Collection, this exhibition conveys the varied and dynamic character of the German baroque, which was marked by theatricality and the attempt to achieve harmony among myriad parts.No publisherRare Book CollectionOnline Exhibition2019/02/11 12:51:00 GMT-4Exhibit SectionDutch Villas and Gardens of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
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This selection of images from the Rare Book Collection gives us a glimpse into the efflorescence of garden and villa culture seen in seventeenth-century Netherlands, especially the province of HollandNo publisherRare Book CollectionOnline ExhibitionGarden and Landscape2019/02/11 12:44:00 GMT-4Exhibit Section