The Newberry Library is an independent research library located in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood that has been free and open to all since 1887. The Newberry fosters a deeper understanding of our world by inspiring research and learning in the humanities and encouraging conversations about ideas that matter to diverse audiences. Our mission is rooted in a growing and accessible collection of rare and historical materials that spans more than six centuries of human experience.
Image: View of the Newberry Library. Credit: Anne Ryan
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Sep 10, 2026–Jan 02, 2027
At the Newberry – Hanson Gallery
Collecting Stories provides a glimpse into the Newberry's collection by exploring how our collection is built. This exhibition will pair recent acquisitions alongside pre-existing items from the collection to show how collecting at the library both enhances our collection and allows us to expand the scope of stories the Newberry can tell. The pairings create their own dynamic that speaks to how this increasingly diverse collection continues to evolve, generating new stories over time.
Explore how the new acquisitions add dimension to the Newberry's major collecting areas:
American History and Culture
American Indian and Indigenous Studies
Chicago and the Midwest
Genealogy and Local History
History of the Book
Maps, Travel, and Exploration
Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Studies
Modern Manuscripts and Archives
Performance Arts
Postcards
Religion
Jill Austin, former Vice President of Public Engagement, The Newberry Library.
Jo Ellen McKillop Dickie, Reference Services Librarian and Selector for Reference.
Jill Gage, Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and Bibliographer for British Literature and History.
Will Hansen, Roger and Julie Baskes Vice President for Collection and Library Services, and Curator of Americana.
Alison Hinderliter, Lloyd Lewis Curator of Modern Manuscripts and Selector for Modern Music.
Analú López, Ayer Librarian and Assistant Curator of American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
Matthew Rutherford, Curator of Genealogy and Local History.
Suzanne Karr Schmidt, George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
David Weimer, Robert A. Holland Curator of Maps and Director of the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography.
The Hanson Gallery is a small, intimate space. Exhibitions mounted there typically include 12-24 items, allowing visitors a glimpse of what the Newberry’s vast collections have to offer. Hanson exhibitions are often modest thematic presentations that draw from a range of the library's collections or interpretive explorations that are built around single items. Examples of past exhibitions include: Wheels and Indigenous Portraits Unbound. Click here to view a photo of the gallery.
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