Past Exhibits

Dr. Seuss’s Boids & Beasties | Exhibit

Jul 17, 2023–Oct 1, 2023 (All Day)
Dr. Seuss’s Boids & Beasties | Exhibit
The UC San Diego Library is featuring an exhibition of original drawings and sketches by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, in the exhibit gallery on the main …

22nd Annual Paper Theater Festival | Exhibit

Jun 1, 2023–Sep 1, 2023 (All Day)
22nd Annual Paper Theater Festival | Exhibit
Our 22nd Annual Paper Theatre Festival exhibit is now on display at The Nest located at Geisel East, 2nd Floor through August 15, 2023. Visit often, as the colorful, miniature …

Use This, Not That | Display

Jun 21, 2023–Aug 20, 2023 (All Day)
Use This, Not That | Display
This thought-provoking display was created by the Library Sustainability Committee in celebration of Plastic Free July, a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to …

Avoid Health Misinformation | Exhibit

Mar 15, 2023–Jul 20, 2023 (All Day)
Avoid Health Misinformation | Exhibit
The San Diego Circuit libraries (Circuit), a consortium of six prominent academic and public libraries, received a $25,000 grant from the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) in …

The New Religion | Exhibit

Apr 17, 2023–Jul 2, 2023 (All Day)
The New Religion | Exhibit
Religions have existed for as long as humans have organized into communities. They have served as guides to moral living, binders to create social structures, tools to control people, and …

Jackson Mac Low: Some Other Kind of Light | Exhibit

Apr 17, 2023–Jul 2, 2023 (All Day)
Jackson Mac Low: Some Other Kind of Light | Exhibit
This exhibition celebrates the life, music, poetry and experiments of artist Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004). Working across genres and mediums, Mac Low pursued art that met at the intersections of …

Celebrating Juneteenth | Display

May 22, 2023–Jun 20, 2023 (12:00 AM)
Celebrating Juneteenth | Display
In 2021, Juneteenth became the first new Federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted in 1983. The celebration dates back to a Texas order on June 19, …

National Poetry Month | Exhibit

Apr 22, 2023–May 15, 2023 (All Day)
National Poetry Month | Exhibit
What better to do than browse through poetry books in the month of April during National Poetry Month? We invite you to visit our National Poetry Month exhibit centered around …

The World of Bookmarks | Exhibit

Feb 24, 2023–Apr 7, 2023 (All Day)
The World of Bookmarks | Exhibit
UC San Diego Library continues the celebration of the 7th Annual World Bookmark Day, orchestrated by the International Friends of Bookmarks. Also known as “quitter strips,” bookmarks have been a functional companion …

Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music | Exhibit

Feb 7, 2023–Apr 7, 2023 (All Day)
Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music | Exhibit
Exhibit extended through April 7 This exhibit celebrates and shines a light on the UC San Diego course Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music, created by music professor and industry practitioner …

Still Shaping A Library | Exhibit

Jan 9, 2023–Mar 24, 2023 (All Day)
Still Shaping A Library | Exhibit
Still Shaping A Library — curated by Lynda Claassen, director of Special Collections & Archives — is a Part II exhibition following Fall 2022’s Shaping A Library. Located in the …

The Art of Science | Exhibit

Aug 12, 2022–Mar 10, 2023 (All Day)
The Art of Science | Exhibit
Data curators at the UC San Diego Library have the privilege of working with university researchers from a wide range of scientific disciplines as they prepare data for the Library's …

Journaling in the New Year | Exhibit

Jan 5, 2023–Feb 12, 2023 (All Day)
Journaling in the New Year | Exhibit
We invite you to visit our new exhibit, Journaling in the New Year, located at Geisel Library, 1st Floor, West Wing. The cases feature a display of journaling "how to" …

The Smallest Show on Earth: Paper Theaters Explored | Exhibit

Sep 24, 2022–Jan 22, 2023 (12:00 PM–4:00 PM)
The Smallest Show on Earth: Paper Theaters Explored | Exhibit
The Smallest Show on Earth: Paper Theaters Explored, celebrates the long history and recent creative innovations in this unique art form.

Dr. Seuss’s Boids & Beasties | Exhibit

Oct 1, 2021–Jan 1, 2023 (All Day)
Dr. Seuss’s Boids & Beasties | Exhibit
Update as of April 4, 2022: An expansion of the “permanent” Seuss display near the Seuss Room, including original sketches and drawings illustrating how Theodor Seuss Geisel created some of …

The Wannsee Conference and the Persecution and Murder of the European Jews | Exhibit

Nov 2, 2022–Dec 22, 2022 (All Day)
The Wannsee Conference and the Persecution and Murder of the European Jews | Exhibit
Eighty years ago, on January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the …

Banned Books | Exhibit

Sep 14, 2022–Dec 22, 2022 (All Day)
Banned Books | Exhibit
Censorship divides us. Join us as we continue to raise awareness of our nation's most challenged books. An extension of Banned Books Week, which ended on September 24, this exhibit …

Shaping A Library | Exhibit

Sep 16, 2022–Dec 18, 2022 (All Day)
Shaping A Library | Exhibit
Shaping A Library is the inaugural exhibit located in UC San Diego’s newly-renovated gallery space at Geisel Library. Tracing the history of the Library’s site design process, construction and expansion …

How It's Made | Exhibit

Sep 16, 2022–Dec 18, 2022 (All Day)
How It’s Made | Exhibit
Showcasing archival materials from Brighton Press, O Books, and Tetrad Press, "How It's Made" explores how the displayed books go from idea to draft to finished work. Take a look …

Geisel Library Reimagined | Exhibit

Apr 1, 2022–Jul 29, 2022 (All Day)
Geisel Library Reimagined | Exhibit
UC San Diego’s flagship building, Geisel Library, is currently undergoing a much-needed transformation that will make the interior spaces just as inspirational as the building itself. Renovation of Geisel’s main …

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