Consider yourself Booked for the Evening!
Join us for a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with the collection and learn from the librarians and curators who care for and add to the Newberry’s world-class collection. Experiencing the one-of-a-kind items that fill our stacks, we hope you’ll make a connection with the collection this Valentine’s Day.
We’ve selected a wide array of materials to display, from pieces of local history, musical compositions from the World’s Columbian Exposition, to 18th-century risqué romances. Guests will have the opportunity to “bid” to support the acquisition of new items for the library’s collection, as well as items of in need of processing, conservation, and digitization work.
Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as you enjoy a first-hand look at 600 years of human history.
Tickets are available below. Current members of Newberry Next Chapter may purchase a specially priced ticket.