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October 2023
WRBG October In-Person Event
The Washington Rare Book Group invites you to join us for A tour of the Nature of the Book exhibition of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives in the National Museum of Natural History (10th and Constitution Avenue, NW). The Nature of the Book explores the craft, innovation, and ingenuity of the handmade book of centuries past. It tells a story of both local resourcefulness and global influence—from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa—that was essential to the Western book as we…
Find out more »November 2023
WRBG November In-Person Event
The Washington Rare Book Group invites you to join us for A tour of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon with Dana Stefanelli The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon is a resource for scholars, students, and all those interested in George Washington, colonial America, and the Revolutionary and founding eras. Tour the special collections of the George Washington Presidential Library with the Curator of Special Collections, who will discuss books George Washington’s acquired during his life and…
Find out more »January 2024
WRBG January Virtual Event: The Intimacy of Paper in Early and Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Happy New Year WRBG! Hello all, We hope you’ve had a safe and happy holiday season, and we welcome you back for a new year of programming with the Washington Rare Book Group. As mentioned in our holiday letter, the January event is going to continue our newest tradition, the WRBG book discussion. This year, we will look at The Intimacy of Paper in Early and Nineteenth-Century American Literature by Jonathan Senchyne. Publisher’s Description: The true scale of paper production…
Find out more »March 2024
WRBG March In-Person Event: A Tour of the Semitics/ICOR Library at Catholic University
The Washington Rare Book Group invites you to join us for A Tour of the Semitics/ICOR Library at Catholic University The Semitics/ICOR Library at the Catholic University supports the research and teaching of the university's Department of Semitic & Egyptian Languages & Literatures and its Institute of Christian Oriental Research (ICOR). The library holdings reflect the twofold interests of the department: the languages and thought of the Bible and the Ancient Near East; and the languages, literatures, and history of the…
Find out more »WRBG March In-Person Event: A Visit to the George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum with Tracy Meserve
The Washington Rare Book Group invites you to join us for A Visit to the George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum with Tracy Meserve The Arthur D. Jenkins Library is the non-circulating textile arts library of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum. In support of the work of the museum, the library’s mission is to foster and facilitate the creation of textile arts knowledge by collecting and making accessible resources on the cultural, social, political, technical, and…
Find out more »April 2024
WRBG April In-Person Event: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Renovated Folger Library
The Washington Rare Book Group invites you to join us for A Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Renovated Folger Shakespeare Library with Michele Silverman and Greg Prickman The Folger Shakespeare Library’s collections, including 15th- through 18th-century rare books and manuscripts, editions of Shakespeare’s plays, materials related to art, performance, and theatrical history through the 20th-century, 19th-century scholarship of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and Shakespeare-related ephemera, all support a wide variety of research and inquiry. After a multi-year renovation project, the Folger Library…
Find out more »May 2024
WRBG Annual May Meeting with the Society of the Cincinnati
The WASHINGTON RARE BOOK GROUP invites you to join us for a visit to the Society of the Cincinnati and the Group’s annual meeting over lunch, Monday, May 20, 2024: 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. to be held at Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC Our last gathering of the event-year will feature a visit to the library and current exhibition of the Society of the Cincinnati at Anderson House, a stunning “Florentine villa” on embassy row.…
Find out more »September 2024
WRBG September In-Person Event: Presentation by 2024 RBS Scholarship Winner
The Washington Rare Book Group invites you to join us for the first lecture of the 2024/25 season: From Rare Book School to the Rare Book Division: Applying Lessons in Americana by Allison Buser We kick off the year with a report and rare book display from our most recent Rare Book School scholarship winner, Allison Buser. Allison Buser is a reference and collection assistant in the Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division. She holds an MA in History as…
Find out more »October 2024
WRBG October In-Person Event: A Tour of the Walters Conservation Lab
The Washington Rare Book Group invites you to join us for A Tour of the Walters Conservation Lab Annette Ortiz, a Conservation Scientist at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, has agreed to take us behind the scenes of their Conservation and Technical Research department, which is the third oldest museum laboratory in the country. Although not a part of the event, attendees will be welcome to visit the museum (which is free!) after our tour concludes. This event is limited…
Find out more »November 2024
WRBG November In-Person Event: A Tour of Tudor Place Historic House & Garden
The Washington Rare Book Group invites you to join us for A Tour of Tudor Place Historic House & Garden WRBG members are invited for a special visit to Tudor Place. Located on 5.5 acres in Georgetown, Tudor Place Historic House & Garden was owned by Martha Custis Peter, a granddaughter of Martha Washington. 5 generations of her descendants lived in the home until it became a museum following the death of the last owner in 1983. The site's collection of…
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