Exhibits at the University of Florida Libraries
Past Exhibits
Collateral materials from past exhibits, such as catalogs, posters, installation photographs, and object lists are available in the Exhibit Materials Collection within the UF Digital Collections.
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2017
Florida Tourism | Sunshine and Shadows
Smathers Library Gallery
October 13 - December 14, 2017
Florida Tourism examines the social and
racial inequities of tourism in Florida. It looks at the period of growth and increasing access to
Florida vacations from the late 19th century until the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971.
The exhibition is drawn mostly from Smathers Libraries Special and Area Studies Collections,
including tourist photographs, brochures, postcards, and souvenirs.
Developed as part of the graduate Exhibitions Seminar in Museum Studies.
Bob Campbell's Photographs of Dian Fossey's Karisoke Research Center, 1968 - 1972
Smathers Library Lobby
September 18, 2017 – February 9, 2018
An exhibit of 30 photographic reproductions from Bob Campbell's original slides. The photographs feature Dian Fossey, the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda, neighboring peoples, and mountain gorillas.
Curated by Dan Reboussin and Richard Freeman with assistance from Riley Ravary
View the online exhibit
Between Two Oceans
Albert H. Nahmad Panama Canal Gallery, Smathers Library 1st Floor
April 1, 2017 - February 17, 2018
An overview of the first 100 years of the Panama Canal as collected by those who devoted their livelihoods to this waterway.
Curated by Elizabeth A. Bouton
Marjorie Strode Coffey: Legacy of a Creative Life
Smathers Library Lobby
March 15 – May 12, 2017
The exhibition features the personal artwork of Marjorie Strode Coffey in tandem with the objects funded by her endowment - new acquisiotions for the Book Arts Collection and artists' books created during the 2015 and 2016 Coffey Residencies.
Curated by Ellen Knudson and Ann Lindell
The Cuban American Dream
Smathers Library Gallery
March 27 – June 2, 2017
The Cuban American Dream explores the reasons behind the immigration of Cubans to Florida from the 16th to the 21st century, the pressure that such immigration brought to local and state governments, the reactions of Floridian communities to Cuban immigrants, the ways in which Cuban immigrants adapted to their new reality, and the contribution of Cuban immigration to Florida.
Curated by Margarita Vargas-Betancourt with assistance from Alexis Baldacci
Read the interpretive labels in English or Spanish
View the online exhibit
Beetle | Book | Bark
Smathers Library Gallery
January 9 – March 10, 2017
Beetle | Book | Bark, reflects upon the beetles themselves, their destructive capacity, and the art they unintentionally create. It includes original works of art that incorporate large-scale, high-resolution images
of the beetles juxtaposed with their three dimensional habitats and rare volumes featuring stylized
and scientific representations of bark beetles, displaying how the concepts such as scientific
accuracy, imagination, and design evolved through the ages.
Curated by Jiri Hulcr and John Nemmers
