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Past Exhibitions

Below is a list of previous exhibitions held at the Newberry since 2018. For more information on exhibitions held prior, please consult the Newberry's archives.

2024

Event—Exhibition

Indigenous Portraits Unbound

Nov 28, 2023–Mar 30, 2024

At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery

Event—Exhibition

A Night at Mister Kelly's

Mar 21–Jul 20, 2024

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism

Jun 20–Sep 28, 2024

At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery

2023

Event—Exhibition

Surviving the Long Wars: Residues and Rebellions

Feb 28–May 26, 2023

At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery

Event—Exhibition

Pop-Up Books through the Ages

Mar 21–Jul 15, 2023

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

Wheels

Jun 20–Sep 23, 2023

At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery

Event—Exhibition

Seeing Race Before Race

Sep 08–Dec 29, 2023

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

2022

Event—Exhibition

Crossings: Mapping American Journeys

Feb 25, 2022

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

Handmaidens for Travelers: The Pullman Company Maids

Jun 03, 2022

At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery

Event—Exhibition

A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print

Sep 09–Dec 30, 2022

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

Celebrating 50 Years of Newberry Research Centers

Oct 04, 2022–Jan 07, 2023

At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery

2021

Event—Exhibition

¡Viva la Libertad! Latin America and the Age of Revolutions

Apr 02, 2021

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

Sweet Bitter Love

May 28, 2021

At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery

Event—Exhibition

Chicago Avant-Garde

Sep 10, 2021

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

The Chicago Reader at 50

Oct 06, 2021

At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery

2020

Event—Exhibition

Jun Fujita: American Visionary

Jan 24, 2020

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

Renaissance Invention: Stradanus's "Nova Reperta"

Aug 28, 2020

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

Decision 1920: A Return to "Normalcy"

Sep 15, 2020

At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery

2019

Event—Exhibition

Melville: Finding America at Sea

Jan 18, 2019

At the Newberry – Roger J. Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

The Legacy of Chicago Dance

Apr 27, 2019

At the Newberry – Roger J. Trienens Galleries

Event—Exhibition

What Is the Midwest?

Sep 20, 2019

At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries

2018

Event—Exhibition

Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World's Fair

Sep 28, 2018

At the Newberry – Roger J. Trienens Galleries