All Exhibitions
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Drawing from materials donated by John K. Jennings, Indiana's WPA administrator during the late 1930's and early 1940's, this online exhibition highlights some of the many projects undertaken by the WPA in Indiana during Jennings' tenure as state administrator.
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The World Awheel: Early Cycling Books
The World Awheel: Early Cycling Books at the Lilly Library explores the cultural impact of bicycles through trade catalogs, touring guides, cycling fiction, and sheet music. -
Past Times: Children's Games
Children's games in the Lilly Library collection that were inspired by popular literature and literary figures. -
From Pen to Printing Press
This exhibition is an adaptation of a Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art exhibit displayed in Spring 2009. Although it is not a Lilly Library exhibition, it contains many items from the Lilly Library's collection on Islamic Book Arts. -
Fore-Edge Paintings in the Lilly Library
An online exhibition of "vanishing" fore-edge paintings, which were first popularized in the late 18th century, often along the edges of books with fine bindings.