Exhibitions

The University Libraries offers exhibitions and special displays throughout our Libraries.

Current Exhibitions Permanent Exhibitions Past Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

San Francisco Renaissance.

The Language of Magic: Queer Occult Poetics

The exhibition examines the San Francisco Renaissance, a radical arts movement of the 1950s-60s, where poets used occult influences to shape queer identity.

Location: Special Collections, 420 Capen Hall, September 2024 - August 2025

TOXIC ARCHIVES exhibit.

TOXIC ARCHIVES: Voices from Love Canal

This exhibition presents the poignant and powerful voices of the Love Canal community—residents of Niagara Falls, NY whose lives were forever changed by one of the most infamous environmental disasters in American history

TOXIC ARCHIVES: Voices from Love Canal features redacted interviews conducted in 1978-79, now accessible to the public for the first time. Through photographs, correspondence, and firsthand accounts, the exhibition highlights both the community’s struggle for justice and the archival responsibility to balance transparency with privacy.

Location: Silverman Library, 3rd floor