On display in the Central Library’s Rare Book Room, main floor:
1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo
Open during regular Library hours.

In the Garden: The Art of Botanical Illustration
June 1-September 26, 2010

The Library is blooming! Throughout history, botanical illustration has been both an art form and a tool to share knowledge. This exhibition showcases treasures of the Library's rare book collection, flora portrayed in the ever-changing beauty of nature or sorted into scientific categories to impart order. It is sure to delight!


Click here for schedule of Gardening Mondays program!
Click here for schedule of related programs!
Click here for Subject Guide on Gardening-related Library resources.

COMING SOON – In our Novel Ideas Store and online:

Fine art reproductions of botanical images
New line of merchandise inspired by this exhibit –
Shirts, necktie, ladies’ scarf, totebag, more

The Rare Book Room at the Central Library is home to significant collections of early printed and original books and manuscripts. In total, the Rare Book Room houses more than 5,000 literary and historic manuscripts and letters. To highlight some of the unique materials that are not normally on public display, the Rare Book Room creates timely displays of materials three to four times per year. These displays are often in conjunction with and complementary to the display in the Ring of Knowledge.

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