Online Exhibits
Curated exhibits highlight the historical and cultural impact of our collections.
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Bridwell Library
Through this exhibition, Bridwell Library is bringing Albert Outler’s intellectual legacy to the attention of a new generation of scholars and church leaders.
DeGolyer Library
Renowned collection Robert Harris marks the bicentennial of Walt Whitman's birth with this exhibit of selected treasures from his collection.
DeGolyer Library
A celebration of the life and work of poet Amy Clampitt, through her correspondence, poetry, and photographs.
DeGolyer Library
This exhibit celebrates Andy Hanson's long career at the Dallas Times Herald, covering society, politics, the performing arts, and the major news events of the day.
Bridwell Library
This exhibition explores the diversity of archival records held by and hosted by Bridwell Library.
Bywaters Special Collections
In 2013 The Year of the Library Committee put together a meta-exhibition examining the creation of the Post Chiaroscuro: Prints in Color after the Renaissance featuring objects from Bywaters Special Collections.
Bridwell Library
Artwork on display throughout Bridwell Library including artifacts, framed drawings, prints, and paintings, sculptures, fine furnishings and decorative arts, and objects for religious use.
DeGolyer Library
This exhibit features DeGolyer Library items included in the Meadows Museum's 2021 exhibit, Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU's Collections.
DeGolyer Library
Highlights from DeGolyer Library's collections documenting aspects of the Black experience in America, from the colonial period to the present.
Bridwell Library
1498 Apocalypse, the Large Passion, and the Small Passion, and works from the last decade of Durer's life. His works reflect his interests in artistic theory and the Protestant Reformation.
Bridwell Library
An expression of Jewish religious traditions through printed books central to their faith, but had to overcome opposition from many quarters.
Bridwell Library
An exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Meadows Museum with works from SMU Libraries, departments, and the art collection.
Bridwell Library
This exhibition presents photographs of Chautauqua Lake, the Chautauqua Institution, and Institution leaders taken during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Bridwell Library
Manuals of Christian doctrine, catechisms are often organized in the form of questions with accompanying answers to be learned and memorized.
Bridwell Library
This exhibition features images of the Dance of Death popularized in print by Hans Holbein the Younger and his inspirations and future influence.
Bywaters Special Collections
Judd’s work reflects his study of nature: mountains, lakes, rocks, flowers, cactus, animals, and scenes of everyday life.
Bridwell Library
French personal devotionals from 17th–19th centuries that showcase themes throughout religious texts over time and across languages and borders.
Bridwell Library
Examples in inventory of the nearly 400 Mexican religious imprints owned by Bridwell Library.
Bridwell Library
Documents produced between 1911 and 1920 which offer insights into the development of the university and the School of Theology.
Bridwell Library
Books from the first century of the Methodism (c. 1739–1839). Included are volumes owned by the Wesley brothers, ministers’ manuscripts, and inscribed texts.
Bridwell Library
This exhibition presents items that document the Methodist movement during its formative years in Texas.
Bridwell Library
Bibles from the 13th to the 20th centuries that represent Bible translation into 55 different languages from five continents.
Bridwell Library
Bibles from the collection of Elizabeth Perkins Prothro, who donated nearly five hundred volumes in more than fifty languages to Bridwell Library in 1996.
DeGolyer Library
A celebration of reading and the written word by showcasing photographs of people holding books and other reading material.
Bridwell Library
Religious works printed entirely with copperplates. Created in the 17th and 18th centuries, they were used for instruction, documentation, worship, and devotion.
Bridwell Library
Features works by Ifeanyi Anene, Tauba Auerbach, Rick Myers, Adam Pendleton, Maria Veronica San Martin, Haein Song, Shirley Ann Whitaker, and Sam Winston.
DeGolyer Library
Learn about the life and legacy of Carrie Marcus Neiman, cofounder of Neiman Marcus, and other notable women who shaped the legendary fashion and retail destination.
Bridwell Library
Catholic devotional beliefs and practices in Mexico in the 18th and 19th centuries as documented in images, novenas, sacred poetry, and historical accounts.
Bridwell Library
More than fifty books from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the twentieth century that were written, illustrated, produced, owned, or inspired by women.
Bridwell Library
The accomplishments of Williams, Lyles, Hawkins, Elliott, and Riley who were the first African Americans to graduate from Perkins School of Theology and SMU in 1955.
Bridwell Library
Bibles that display the historical context, artistic development, and cultural impact of the use of illustration in printed editions of the scriptures.
Bridwell Library
This exhibition explores religious books specifically written for children that were printed in Europe and America between the sixteenth and the nineteenth century.
Bridwell Library
This exhibition honors the memory of Bishop Francis Asbury by presenting fifteen documents and publications that detail Asbury’s ministry.
Jones Film Collection
Discover the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection, featuring film and video across genres, including feature films, news footage, animation, documentaries, and television.
Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library's bookbinding competition for Daniel Berkeley Updike’s The Book of Common Prayer.
Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library's bookbinding competition for James Joyce’s Ulysses.
Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library's bookbinding competition for Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library's bookbinding competition for Jorge Luis Borges’ Ficciones.
Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library's bookbinding competition for John Graves’ Goodbye to a River.
Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library's bookbinding competition for The Imitation of Christ.
Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library's bookbinding competition for Bernard C. Middleton’s The Restoration of Leather Bindings.
Bridwell Library
Bridwell Library's bookbinding competition for Doves Press Apocrypha, volume IV.
Bridwell Library
Bookbinders were invited to submit designs to bind Bridwell Library’s copy of Five Poems by Toni Morrison with silhouettes by Kara Walker.
Bridwell Library
Books and broadsides prohibited by the Catholic Church, indexes of prohibited books or expurgations, and works written in defense of ecclesiastical censorship.
UNDERWOOD LAW LIBRARY
Highlights books from the Underwood Law Library’s McKnight Antiquarian Book Collection that feature medieval and other manuscript fragments recycled as bookbinding covers, spine support, or endpapers.
Bywaters Special Collections
Hidden Treasures of the Mary McCord/Edyth Renshaw Collection on the Performing Arts drew from the extensive collection of significant holdings in the history of theatre, film, music and dance.
Bridwell Library
Highlights from the core collection of the Bible at Bridwell Library. Included are Bibles from the Prothro and Harrison collections.
Bridwell Library
19th century prayer books with handsome or innovative presentations. Included are books with decorative typography, binding, and illustration.
Bridwell Library
Books for public worship and private devotion that spans eight centuries. The spiritual functions were enhanced by decorations.
Bridwell Library
Early Reformation works of Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon, Jean Calvin, other sixteenth-century reformers, and Counter-Reformation authors.
Bridwell Library
Works by St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Documents about Christian instruction, canon law, hagiography, and church administration.
Bridwell Library
Books, manuscripts, and archives that have direct historical connections to the founders of Methodism.
Bridwell Library
Works from fields of early medicine and science, natural history, religious ceremony and private devotion, and nineteenth-century English and American literature.
DeGolyer Library
The story of the transcontinental railroad: a great technological achievement, subject of intense political debate, and critical to the long-term development of the American west.
DeGolyer Library
The enduring appeal of fiction's greatest detective is explored through selections from DeGolyer Library's Donald J. Hobbs Collection, which contains more than 8,000 volumes and translations of the Sherlock Holmes canon in 108 languages.
Bridwell Library
Printed illustrations which were intentionally created as coherent series of images: suites of engravings, illustrated sequences, and sets of prints.
Bridwell Library
Copies of the Imitatio Christi from c. 1472 to 1905. Vernacular translations into English, German, French, Italian, Arabic, and Croatian, and fine modern editions.
Bridwell Library
Works written by Dr. Heitzenrater paired with items from Bridwell Library Special Collections, that highlight the long-term relationship between researcher and library.
Bridwell Library
Manuscripts representing the Christian, Judaic, and Islamic traditions, between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries in multiple continents.
Bridwell Library
Books and broadsides printed between c. 1455 and 1500 and their discovery of the power and potential of Gutenberg's invention.
DeGolyer Library
This exhibit explores a "golden age" in baseball, when the Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants dominated, led by some of the most memorable players and managers of all time.
Bridwell Library
The sixteenth-century theologian and reformer Jean Calvin exerted immense influence on the character and practice of Western Christianity.
DeGolyer Library
Explore our collection of historic cookbooks, which served as a storehouse of recipes, as well as a sign of technological, sociological, cultural, and economic changes.
Bridwell Library
This annual competition encourages the publication of local church histories from the eight Annual Conferences within Texas United Methodist Historical Society.
Jones Film Collection
Explore Dallas history through archival footage of neighborhoods, civic life, arts, technology, and community stories from local programming.
Bridwell Library
This exhibition is evidence of the zeal with which the English King James Bible from 1611 translation was produced, printed, marketed, read, and cherished.
Bridwell Library
Changing roles and identities in the modern dance of death.
DeGolyer Library
In honor of Valentine's Day, DeGolyer Library put together a sampling of romantic stories, cards, and love letters from the past.
Bridwell Library
Examples of Dean Joseph D. Quillian’s mandala drawings dating from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Bridwell Library
Manuscripts from the 16th-19th centuries including copies of the Quran and later collections of prayers that long have been central to the religious lives of Muslims.
Bridwell Library
An introduction to Martin Luther and his printed works. Included are polemics and treatises, sermons and commentaries, Bible translations, and catechisms.
Bridwell Library
Bibles and other religious texts in indigenous languages published by missionary presses in the nineteenth century.
Bridwell Library
Literature, educational texts, and early New Testaments in Greek that highlight the influence of the Greek language on modern literature and culture.
Bywaters Special Collections
"A person's art or an artist's work should come from within themselves and of themselves–not be a copy of even their own heritage." Octavio Medellin
DeGolyer Library
Paired with the SMU Libraries blog post Paws, Prints, and Primary Sources, this exhibit invites you to explore photographs and illustrations of cats nestled within DeGolyer Library’s digital collections.
Bridwell Library
Schoeffer’s works from his collaborations with Gutenberg and Fust to his later works including theological works and the Great Law Books.
DeGolyer Library
Held in conjunction with the annual meeting of The Society for Photographic Education in Dallas, this exhibition featured highlights from the collection of more than 500,000 photographs at SMU’s DeGolyer Library.
Bridwell Library
Works written between the late 17th–early 19th centuries by precursors to and leaders of the Pietist movement in The Netherlands, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S.
Bridwell Library
Meditations, catechisms, calendars, and histories made with the emblem book’s interplay of image, narrative, and couplet to convey Christian doctrine and moral lessons.
Bridwell Library
This exhibition honors the memory of Alfredo Náñez and Clotilde Falcón de Náñez in Methodist history.
DeGolyer Library
This exhibit explores the 1884 Presidential election, one of the "dirtiest" campaigns in American history. Now largely forgotten, the campaign issues and scandals will sound familiar to contemporary politics.
Bridwell Library
Books that show the relationships between science and religion ranging from cooperation to conflict to reconciliation.
DeGolyer Library
This exhibits highlights women’s voices and their stories across America’s roadways, as they sought education, adventure, and freedom in the 19th and 20th century.
Bridwell Library
Christian texts that brought new meaning and enhanced understanding to their readers through varieties of shapes, sizes, and configurations.
Bridwell Library
These bindings exemplify the important stylistic developments of European and North American bookbinding from the late Middle Ages to the present day.
Jones Film Collection
A look at SMU student life and athletics, showcasing football, swimming, baseball, Greek traditions, homecoming, and campus culture through archival university footage.
DeGolyer Library
To celebrate the 130th anniversary of The State Fair of Texas, this exhibit highlights Dallas photographer Lynn Lennon an her images of the fair over 10 years.
Jones Film Collection
Experience annual traditions like opening ceremonies, Big Tex, midway games, and evolving fair attractions over time.
Bridwell Library
Manuscripts and rare books produced between the twelfth and the eighteenth centuries that celebrated two musical organizations meeting in Dallas in 2019.
Bridwell Library
Books in which artists or circles of collaborators have integrated corporeal elements of the book form into the literature in sensitive and sometimes astounding ways.
DeGolyer Library
This exhibit explores the history of Texas Instruments from its origin as Geophysical Service, Incorporated to the company's modern role as a technological leader.
Bridwell Library
Bibles that include a 17th century Chinese Torah scroll, medieval manuscripts, incunabula, translations around the world, and modern fine press editions.
Bridwell Library
Personal papers of three African American United Methodist bishops: Ernest T. Dixon, Jr., William Talbot Handy, Jr., and Rhymes H. Moncure, Jr.
Bridwell Library
Works from British artist Ian Tyson’s (1933—2021) decades-long career.
Jones Film Collection
Watch 1970s footage with interviews, game highlights, and behind-the-scenes moments that capture the spirit and development of the franchise.
UNDERWOOD LAW LIBRARY
Historical photographs, architectural designs, and other documents related to the planning, funding, and construction of Underwood Law Library.
Bridwell Library
Publications and images document the Methodist integration, the Methodist-Evangelical United Brethren merger, and the Uniting Conference.
Bridwell Library
Fifty-six items representing twelve digital collections related to the history of the United Methodist Church or Perkins School of Theology.
Bridwell Library
Rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, prints, and letters that were acquired by Bridwell Library Special Collections between 2008 and 2014.
Bridwell Library
This display highlights William B. Lawrence’s leadership of Perkins School of Theology and his contributions to theological education and church life.
DeGolyer Library
This exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment through documents and collections emphasizing the roles women played in the suffrage movement.
Bridwell Library
Twentieth-century printers and artists endeavored to embody Scripture in a meaningful form.