Newberry Exhibitions Related to the Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Period

Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, co-organized by the Newberry and The Field Museum, co-curated by James Akerman, Robert W. Karrow, Jr., and Diane Dillon: November 2, 2007 – January 27, 2008 at The Field Museum; March 16 – June 8, 2008 at the Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore) 

Ptolemy’s Geography and Renaissance Mapmakers, co-curated by Robert W. Karrow, Jr., and James Akerman: November 3, 2007 – February 16, 2008 

The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico, and The Re-Construction of Mexico-Tenochtitlán: September 28, 2006 – January 13, 2007 

Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country: September 28, 2005 – January 14, 2006 

Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend: September 30, 2003 – January 17, 2004 

Cartographic Treasures of the Newberry Library: October 10, 2001 – January 19, 2002

Mapping the French Empire in North America: Digital Exhibition

Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629): Digital Exhibition

Newberry Spotlight Exhibitions Related to the Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Period, 2002 – 2011

Ballistics and Politics: Military Architecture Books at the Newberry Library, part of Chicago’s city-wide Festival of the Architecture Book, 1511-2011: August 13 – October 29, 2011 

Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books: French Renaissance Gems of the Newberry: March 23 - May 27, 2011 

Henry IV of France: The Vert Galant and His Reign: May 4 – July 15, 2010 

The Play’s the Thing: 400 Years of Shakespeare on Stage: February 16 – May 1, 2010

Across Time and Place: Jewish Genealogy at The Newberry Library: August 14 – September 27, 2008 

500 Years of Puerto Rican History through the Eyes of Others: June 5 – July 12, 2008

How Rare is Rare? Ephemeral Printing from the Italian Renaissance to the Chicago Renaissance: April 2 – April 26, 2008 

Type for the Tower of Babel: March 16 – April 28, 2007

Revolutionary France and Haiti, 1787-1804: February 13 – March 10, 2007 

Cervantes and Don Quixote: 1605-2006: January 23 – March 11, 2006 

The Many Faces of Marie Antoinette: June 4 – July 16, 2005

Rome and the Papacy: Recent Acquisitions: September 20 – October 15, 2003 

Napoleon at the Newberry: March 7 – 29, 2003 

Exploring the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing: November 29 – December 7, 2002 

Exploring Aztec Manuscripts at the Newberry Library: October 5 – 19, 2002