Drawing upon the collection of Karen and Howard Schwartz, this exhibition explores the revolution in observational science facilitated by the invention of the microscope in the late 1600s. It will also emphasize the many ways in which the microscope entered popular culture over the following centuries as a source of instruction and entertainment for a broad public. Displays include rare books, engravings, broadsides, colored images, and a selection from the Schwartzes' collection of antique microscopes.
A full color, fully illustrated catalog of this exhibition, with a preface by Dr. Eugene S. Flamm, is available at our online web store.
www.pennlibrarystore.com
Wednesday, March 14, 5:30 PM
Exhibition Opening and Lecture
Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 1st floor
Free and open to the public (please show photo ID at entrance)
For registration please
RSVP HERE or contact us at
rbml@pobox.upenn.edu or 215.898.7088.
ALUMNI WEEKEND
Friday, May 11, 4:00-6:30 PM
Gallery Hop
Gallery Hop begins at the Arthur Ross Gallery
220 South 34th Street, in the Fisher Fine Arts Library
The Gallery Hop begins at the Arthur Ross Gallery and includes a stop at the Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, to view the exhibition
Wonders of the Microscope. A curator will be at each exhibition site. The Hop concludes at the Institute for Contemporary Art with hors d'oeuvres and dessert.
Space is limited for this event, so please
RSVP here after March 1st.
Exhibition Sponsors
The Harry Wallace Kamin and Dorothy McNally Kamin Fund
Carl Zeiss Meditec Company
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
