Special Collections
Welcome! Explore Rare Books, Manuscripts, Art, Artifacts, Digital Collections, and College Archives
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The College's holdings in Special Collections include a wide variety of materials, including college archives; personal papers; handwritten manuscripts; art and cultural artifacts; rare and illustrated books; rocks and minerals; children's books; and digital and digitized collections. Special Collections staff members are available for consultation.
Hours
Open to the public, Special Collections welcomes all students, staff, faculty, researchers, and visitors who wish to use the collections, view exhibitions, and attend events. We encourage individual and small group research visits as well as class visits.
Contact us at speccoll@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-6576.
Reading Room
- Canaday Library, 2nd Floor, room 202
- Hours: Monday–Thursday, 10am-12pm & 1pm-4pm
- Summer Hours: By appointment only
1912 Gallery
- Canaday Library, 1st Floor
- Hours: Open throughout run of exhibition, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. and by appointment
- Summer Hours: Open throughout run of exhibition, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. and by appointment
Old Library 304
- Old Library, 3rd Floor, room 304
- Hours: Monday–Thursday, by appointment only
- Summer Hours: By appointment only
Get Started with Special Collections
Visit & Request
Open to the public, Special Collections welcomes all students, staff, faculty, researchers, and visitors who wish to use the collections, view exhibitions, and attend events.
Our Collections
Search our actively developed collections and learn about our collections strengths.
Get Involved
There are myriad ways that both the public and members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community can get involved with Special Collections and the Libraries.
Policies
Learn about records management, how to work with Special Collections materials, and more from policies and guidance found on this page.
About Special Collections
Read our mission, get to know our staff and curatorial subunits, and learn more about the history of Special Collections at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
More about Special Collections
Special Collections staff promote teaching and learning with the collections through exhibitions, class visits, research consultations, internships, and public programs.Â
