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Artifacts of Childhood: 700 Years of Children's Books explores the Newberry's little-known collection of books and manuscripts created for and by children. The exhibition showcases aspects of the interaction between children and books and includes approximately 65 works, drawn from the Library's collection of thousands of children's books in more than 100 languages, from the fifteenth century to the present.
Artifacts of Childhood features such treasures as: the first illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables (1485); the first edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865); a nineteenth-century collectible story, La Fille de L'Exile, that is similar in format to Pokemon cards; and ABCs from 1544 to 1992.
These and other materials allow exhibit visitors to traverse time, space, and cultures to trace continuity and change within the history of children's books, to examine changing attitudes towards children and childhood, and to understand the importance of the study of the history of childhood through children's books.
Artifacts of Childhood co-curators Jenny Schwartzberg and Paul F. Gehl will lead a 45-minute gallery walk of the exhibition each Thursday evening at 5:45 pm (October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 13, and 20; December 4, 11, and 18; January 8 and 15).
Admission to the gallery walks is free. No reservations are required.
For this exhibition, the Newberry Library gratefully acknowledges lead sponsorships from Mr. and Mrs. Rudy L. Ruggles, Jr., Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, and Northern Trust. Additional support is generously provided by Vincent J. Buonanno,
Pamela K. Harer, The Reva and David Logan Foundation, Lubin Family Foundation, and Jordan I. Shifrin.