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[SOLD OUT] Behind the Bookcase Tour | Mary Shelley: The Godmother of Goth | In-Person
Mar
27
Paid, Mary Shelley, Public, In-Person, Behind the Bookcase Tours

[SOLD OUT] Behind the Bookcase Tour | Mary Shelley: The Godmother of Goth | In-Person

In this tour we will explore the life and works of this radical, proto-feminist, and quintessential Romantic as we sift through early editions of her works, along with manuscripts and letters of her husband, poet Percy Shelley, and the couple’s questionable company.

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Behind the Bookcase Tour | Bookish Legends : A. S. W. Rosenbach & Belle da Costa Greene in Correspondence | In-Person
Apr
11
Behind the Bookcase Tours, In-Person, Paid, Public

Behind the Bookcase Tour | Bookish Legends : A. S. W. Rosenbach & Belle da Costa Greene in Correspondence | In-Person

In this Behind the Bookcase tour, we will read a selection of letters that follow the four-decade professional relationship of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach and Belle da Costa Greene, J. Pierpont Morgan’s librarian and inaugural director of the Pierpont Morgan Library (now the Morgan Library & Museum).

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Behind the Bookcase Tour | Curiouser and Curiouser: A Look at Lewis Carroll | In-Person
Apr
24
Behind the Bookcase Tours, In-Person, Paid, Public, Lewis Carroll

Behind the Bookcase Tour | Curiouser and Curiouser: A Look at Lewis Carroll | In-Person

Mathematician and cleric Charles Lutwidge Dodgson published children’s books under the pen name Lewis Carroll. This tour explores both the man and the author with the help of letters from Dodgson to his publishers, original drawings by John Tenniel (the illustrator of the Alice books), photographs of children taken by Dodgson, and of course, copies of his books.

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Behind the Bookcase Tour | Mexico: Race and Revolution in the Borderlands | In-Person
Apr
28
Behind the Bookcase Tours, In-Person, Paid, Public, Civic Dialogues at the Rosenbach

Behind the Bookcase Tour | Mexico: Race and Revolution in the Borderlands | In-Person

This tour features the Rosenbach’s collections from Mexico and Texas, including materials from the Spanish Empire, the early years of Mexican independence, and relations with the expanding United States in the 1800s.

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Behind the Bookcase Tour | Early Hebrew Books III | In-Person
May
8
Behind the Bookcase Tours, In-Person, Paid, Public

Behind the Bookcase Tour | Early Hebrew Books III | In-Person

This in-depth tour brings us back to the early 18th century as we journey from New York City, home to America’s first Jewish community, to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Together, we’ll meet a vivid cast of characters, learn about a dramatic public spectacle in Harvard Yard, and work with some of Dr. Rosenbach’s treasures of early American Judaica.

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Behind the Bookcase Tour | Elizabeth Siddal and The Pre-Raphaelites with Jennifer Summerfield and Kyle Cassidy | In-Person
May
9
Behind the Bookcase Tours, In-Person, Paid, Public

Behind the Bookcase Tour | Elizabeth Siddal and The Pre-Raphaelites with Jennifer Summerfield and Kyle Cassidy | In-Person

On this tour, explore the mythical, enchanting work of the Pre-Raphaelites through the Rosenbach’s collection, and then step into the life of the Pre-Raphaelite’s’ most recognizable muse, Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, through the first popularly available edition of her poetry. 

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Behind the Bookcase Tour | Fakes & Forgeries | In-Person
Jun
26
Behind the Bookcase Tours, In-Person, Paid, Public, William Shakespeare

Behind the Bookcase Tour | Fakes & Forgeries | In-Person

What is the difference between a fake and a forgery? How do either of those differ from a copy? And why does authenticity matter in museum collections? On this tour, we’ll explore these questions by using a wide range of objects in the Rosenbach’s renowned collection.

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[SOLD OUT] Behind the Bookcase Tour | The Duties of the Tea-Table: Exploring the History and Culture of Tea | In-Person
Feb
25
In-Person, Paid, Carrol, Public, Behind the Bookcase Tours

[SOLD OUT] Behind the Bookcase Tour | The Duties of the Tea-Table: Exploring the History and Culture of Tea | In-Person

This tour will explore the global, cross-cultural connections forged via the thriving tea market in Europe in the 1600s and 1700s, as well as the role tea drinking played in the cultural history of the British Empire. 

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