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The Lilly Library is IU's principal rare books, manuscripts, and special collections library. Visit the library anytime to view our special exhibitions and items on permanent display such as the New Testament of the Gutenberg Bible and the Slocum Puzzle Collection. Admission is always free and the library is open to everyone; affiliation with IU is not required.
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Exhibition Flora + Fauna
Weekly event Free Friday Tours
The First Folio turns 400
Curators Rebecca Baumann and Maureen Maryanski share some of their favorite items and stories from the exhibition "Four Hundred Years of the First Folio: Celebrating the Works of William Shakespeare."
“We hammer away!”: a look at Soviet Propaganda Posters
In this post, Brandis Malone, a second-year master’s student in the dual Russian and Eastern European studies and Library Science program at Indiana University, explores Soviet propaganda posters from the Lilly Library's collections.
Looking at Slang through Steve Allen’s Glasses
Delving into Madeline Kripke’s collection of dictionaries, now part of the Lilly's collections, Michael Adams shares some boffo mid-century compendiums of slang.
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