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Harry Ransom Center
512-471-8944
21st and Guadalupe
Austin TX 78713
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Words into Worlds: Creating Place in the Theatre
August 26 - February 4, 2024
From the Harry Ransom Center: "Playwrights are visionary storytellers. They are the first to conjure the world of a play or musical. Through evocative descriptions, they literally and figuratively set the stage for the story…
On View August 26, 2023 | 12–5 pm
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Art in Words: Prints from the 20th Century to Today
August 26 - February 4, 2024
From the Harry Ransom Center: "What can words communicate visually? Where does reading blur with viewing, changing the ways in which we do both? Art in Words showcases works by artists from the mid-twentieth century to…
On View August 26, 2023 | 12–5 pm
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The Long Lives of Very Old Books
August 19 - December 30, 2023
From the Harry Ransom Center: "Explore the stories behind books published by Europeans between the mid-fifteenth and late-seventeenth centuries, tracing them from printing houses into the hands of generations of collectors and bookbinders and, ultimately,…
On View August 19, 2023 | 12 pm – 12 am
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March 4 - July 17, 2022
Women and the Making of Joyce’s Ulysses
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April 29 - 29, 2021
Collection Connections: Renaissance Humanism between Islamic Covers
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December 15 - 15, 2020
Curatorial Perspectives: A look at Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
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February 1 - July 19, 2020
Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer
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December 5 - 5, 2019
Lecture: Houdini the Collector
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February 9 - July 14, 2019
The Rise of Everyday Design: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and America