Make It New: SDSU Book Artists Studying with Michele Burgess Respond to the Wangenheim Room Collection
Ended May 8, 2008
Wangenheim Room
Central Library

View the Press Release. (PDF: 141K)
View the Exhibition Poster. (PDF: 789K)
May 2008 Library Connection Newsletter. (PDF: 1.4MB)

A World of Words: Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster and Works that Shaped the English Language
Ended January 2008
Wangenheim Room
Central Library
This exhibit featured rare and fine dictionaries and encyclopedias including Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), Noah Webster's 1st edition of An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) and the 11th edition of The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1910-1911).

Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit
Ended December 31, 2007
San Diego Natural History Museum
The Wangenheim Room loaned items to the San Diego Natural History Museum for the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. See some of the items that were loaned and read more about the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit.
View the Natural History Museum Press Release.

Bibles and Devotional Books through the Ages: The 'Good Word' through the Printed Word
Ended September 15, 2007
Wangenheim Room
Bibles and devotional books in the Wangenheim holdings were part of this special exhibit.
Read the Press Release (PDF: 42K)
Library Connection Newsletter August 2007 (PDF: 1.5MB)

Language, Laughter and Libraries
A reception and lecture to support the Wangenheim Room with Dr. Richard Lederer
To support the Wangenheim Room, best-selling author and linguist Dr. Richard Lederer visited on September 30, 2007 to celebrate the opening of a new exhibit entitled, A World of Words: Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster and works that shaped the English language.

See the event flyer. (PDF: 165K)
Read the Press Release (PDF: 139K)