Digital exhibitions & collections
Explore more than 80 digital projects covering a wide array of subjects including, art, architecture, history and literature, engineering, medicine, maps, music, and urban design. For any questions please contact digitization.library [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Question%20-%20Digitization%20exhibition%20%26%20collections) (.)
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Art Deco and the Decorative Arts in the 1920s and 1930sThis exhibition pays homage to Art Deco on the occasion of the 10th World Congress that was held in Montreal, 2009. Discover over 150 examples of Art Deco design in various formats and styles including ephemera, popular magazines, book-bindings, typography and advertisements. |
Digital ExhibitionRare Books and Special Collections |
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Tower of Babel or Universal Understanding? The Art of Translation in the Eighteenth CenturyThis exhibition showcases over 80 works of translation from the 18th century, following the themes of literature, women as translators, the tools of translation, architecture and art, science and exploration, religion, and politics. |
Digital ExhibitionRare Books and Special Collections |
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Bibliotheca Canadiana: A Historical Survey of Canadian BibliographyThis exhibition celebrates the legacy of Dr. Lawrence M. Lande, the eminent Canadian bibliophile. Explore ca. 70 items including bibliographies and the individual works listed in them from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Rare Books & Special Collections and the Lande Collection. |
Digital ExhibitionThe Lawrence Lande Collection of Canadiana in the Redpath Library ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University |
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The John Bland Archive (Building Canada)A guide to the contents of the John Bland Archive that includes drawings, photographs and reports relating to 71 projects, student work and unpublished work as well as articles, books and the Building Canada digitized slide collection from Bland’s personal collection. |
Digital GuideCanadian Architecture Collection |
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The Birdman of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ: Casey WoodExplore 119 drawings, manuscripts, photographs and publications by and about Dr. Casey Wood whose research into diseases of the eye led him to ophthalmology, the study of the eyesight of birds and fueled his interest in birds themselves as well as his passion for collecting books on these subjects. |
Digital ExhibitionRare Books and Special Collections |
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Champlain Revisited: Celebrating the foundation of Quebec 1608This exhibition celebrates the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. The selection of 80 items include Champlain’s original published voyages and other documents offering valuable iconographic and cartographic information about early New France. |
Digital ExhibitionRare Books and Special Collections |
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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Library's Chapbook CollectionThe Chapbook Collection contains over 900 searchable English-language chapbooks published in England, Scotland, Ireland and the northeastern United States. They contain stories based upon medieval romance, English legends and folklore, or are abridged from popular literature for adults. |
Digital CollectionRare Books and Special Collections |