In this new monthly series, From the Collection will showcase the work that the Rosenstaff does to ensure the long-term safety, security, preservation, and interpretation of our world-renowned rare books, manuscripts, artworks, and decorative-art artifacts. Sent our via a monthly newsletter and featured on our blog, this series will highlight the work that the team has undertaken …
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From our intern, Emily Alesia Poteat
Hi all! My name is Emily Alesia Poteat, and I am an intern at The Rosenbach in the curatorial department as part of Villanova University’s Albert Lepage Center for History in Public Interest internship program. I am thrilled to take part in this internship program, as it offers students like myself the opportunity to develop …
From our intern, Ruth Mercedes
“Here we wear many hats,” is the phrase I heard my first few days interning with The Rosenbach. Although at first I did not have a practical understanding of the significance of that phrase, it soon became abundantly clear that when working for a small, dedicated, and busy rare books library and museum, one must …
Join us in welcoming our new chair and members to our Board of Directors
The Rosenbach is pleased to announce that Benito Cachinero-Sánchez has been elected Chair of its Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2022. Benito has served on the board of directors since 2017 as a crossover member from the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation and has been an active and passionate supporter, providing thoughtful guidance to …
Bloomsday is back!
Our annual Bloomsday festival is BACK on Delancey Place after a two-year hiatus. Join us on Thursday, June 16 anytime between 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. What is Bloomsday? Bloomsday is the day the world celebrates Leopold Bloom’s fictional journey through the streets of Dublin, as imagined in James Joyce’s epic Ulysses. Lauded as …
Dracula at 125
On May 26, 1897, visitors to bookshops in London found a new book, for just six shillings, published by Constable and Co., bound in a lurid yellow cloth cover with blood red letters announcing its strange title, Dracula. For six shillings, readers discovered a story told in letters and diary entries, about an undead Transylvanian …
Rosemary for Shakespeare
April 23 marks the day that we traditionally celebrate William Shakespeare’s birth and deathday, though neither of those occasions are confirmed to have actually been on the 23rd. Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, so historians estimate his actual birth was a few days before that. The same holds true for his deathday, which …
The Muses’ Concord: Musical, Literary, and Historical Jewels from The Rosenbach’s Collection
The 2022 Rosenbacchanal (Thursday, May 12) will feature a unique harp and organ recital titled “The Muses’ Concord: Musical, Literary, and Historical Jewels from The Rosenbach’s Collection.” Each of the precious musical gems selected for performance at the event relates to one of The Rosenbach’s areas of collecting strengths. The program below presents the glittering …
The Rosenbach’s Director takes a look at banned books
Banning books, it seems to me, is a poor method for controlling language. After all, it is not books themselves that are banned but the words and ideas contained within them, and language is a very difficult thing to contain whether spoken or written. Perhaps books make language more transferable and a book a more …
Ulysses at 100
February 2, 2022, will mark the centennial of the publication of James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses. Constructed as a modern parallel to Homer’s Odyssey, Ulysses takes place over the course of a single day in Dublin, Ireland, on June 16, 1904. While it is regarded as one of the finest works of Irish literature, the manuscript for Ulysses has resided right here at The Rosenbach Museum …