Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

New acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections.
  • The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    New from the Beinecke Collections: IDA

    December 21, 2011

    Ida: A Novel a new edition, edited by Logan Esdale; published by Yale University Press Gertrude Stein wanted Ida to be known in two ways: as a novel about a...

  • Grimaces (changeable)

    November 23, 2011

    A paper toy from France that uses two wheels and a sliding strip to combine different facial features. “Gd. cirque des folies élastiques intermède des grimaces...
  • Five Buck Book Binding Blow-Out sign

    REBINDING BLOW-OUT

    November 18, 2011

    REBINDING PARTY Saturday, November 19 from 12:00 – 5:00: “Five Buck Book Binding Blow-Out!” Bring in your old, falling-apart paperbacks or a book whose cover...
  • FRIDAY at PSNH (196 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510) POP-UP SHOP OPEN HOURS 11:00 - 6:00

    PSNH Friday

    November 18, 2011

    FRIDAY at PSNH (196 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510) POP-UP SHOP OPEN HOURS 11:00 - 6:00 PUBLICATION DEMONSTRATION (refreshments served) 1:00 – 2:00 PSNH...
  • FRIDAY at PSNH (196 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510) POP-UP SHOP OPEN HOURS 11:00 - 6:00

    TODAY @ PSNH

    November 17, 2011

    THURSDAY at PSNH (196 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510) POP-UP SHOP OPEN HOURS 11:00 - 6:00 PUBLICATION DEMONSTRATION (refreshments served) 1:00 – 2:00 PSNH...
  • WEDNESDAY at PSNH (196 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510) POP-UP SHOP OPEN HOURS 11:00 - 6:00

    Today at PSNH

    November 16, 2011

    WEDNESDAY at PSNH (196 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510) POP-UP SHOP OPEN HOURS 11:00 - 6:00 PUBLICATION DEMONSTRATION (refreshments served) 5:00 – 6:00...
  • TUESDAY at PSNH (196 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510) POP-UP SHOP OPEN HOURS

    TODAY at PSNH

    November 15, 2011

    TUESDAY at PSNH (196 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510) POP-UP SHOP OPEN HOURS 11:00 - 6:00 PUBLICATION DEMONSTRATION (refreshments served) 5:00 – 6:00 PSNH...
  • The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    Publication Studio New Haven

    November 15, 2011

    Publication Studio comes to the Elm City to redefine the social life of the book. A One-week Residency in the Coop Center for Creativity November 14 – 19, 2011...

  • The Moon at one Meter

    November 8, 2011

    A souvenir from the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, an attraction that allowed visitors to view the moon through a giant telescope. The imagery for the...