Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

New acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections.
  • Spring Awaking, an exhibition of contemporary cyanotype photographs on view at Slifka Center through April.

    Blue: Related Exhibtion

    March 11, 2014

    If you liked our exhibition “Blue: Color and Concept,” visit Spring Awaking, an exhibition of contemporary cyanotype photographs on view at Slifka Center...
  • Origins of the Color Forecasting Industry

    March 10, 2014

    Ambrotypes, Entomology, and Ostrich Feathers: Tracing the Origins of the Color Forecasting Industry Jae Jennifer Rossman , Assistant Director for Special...
  • Maggie Nelson at Beinecke, February 6, 4pm

    January 24, 2014

    Maggie Nelson, Reading from Bluets Thursday, February 6, 4:00 pm Yale Collection of American Literature Reading Series in conjunction with the exhibition: Blue...
  • Blue: Exhibition Events

    January 2, 2014

  • Beinecke Top Tens: Daily Themes

    December 1, 2013

    Daily Themes (now English 450), is a Yale Classic. Its disciples write a 250-500 word “theme” five days a week for every week of the semester—a practice that...
  • Beinecke Top Tens: Travel Journals

    November 7, 2013

    The Beinecke is home to extensive holdings concerning travel – travel logs, journals, and narratives; maps; novels; and more. Here are approximately ten...
  • Beinecke Top Tens: American Railways

    November 5, 2013

    The Beinecke is home to extensive holdings documenting American railroads and their construction. Here are just ten of the many fascinating books,...