Exhibitions
The University Libraries offers exhibitions and special displays throughout our Libraries.
Current Exhibitions
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
Access Forbidden: Banned and Censored Books, 1549-1940
Book bans fail, and yet the 575-year history of the printed book in the West has been marked by repeated attempts at press suppression. From the subversive publications of former printer’s devils to the Catholic Church’s banned books list Index librorum prohibitorum (active between 1560-1966), explore the history of banning books through this exhibition of UB’s Rare Books Collection.
The exhibit is open to the public from 10am-4pm, Monday through Friday. For more information or to request a tour, please email rarebooks@buffalo.edu.
Location: Special Collections, 420 Capen Hall