Burns Library Exhibit Highlights
Please see our Burns Library Current Exhibits page for a listing of what’s currently on display as well as our exhibits archive since 2012. For earlier exhibits, please refer to the listing below.
2011
Binding Friendship: Ricci, China and Jesuit Cultural Learnings
2010
Notes on Nursing: Past, Present and Future
Writing from the Irish Language Tradition: Ancient Inspires New, Fall 2010
Dear Harp of My Country: The Harp Traditions of Ireland and Scotland, Summer 2010
Caribbean Art: Haitian Paintings & Jamaican Anansi Stories, Spring 2010
A Poet at Work: Brendan Galvin's Papers, Spring 2010
Conservation History: Irish Roots and Boston Craftsmanship, Spring 2010
Mary O'Hara, Singer and Harpist: A Retrospective, Spring 2010
2009
The Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador - 20th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition, Fall 2009
"Come, follow Me" - Boston College's Military Chaplains, Fall 2009
2008
America in Ireland - Photographs by Maeve Hickey, Winter 2008
Sixty Years of the Cuala Press: A Collaboration of the Yeats Family and Mollie Gill, Fall 2008
Reflections of Ireland - Music and Landscapes by Richard Toomey: Paintings and drawings of Boston-based Irish musicians, and Irish landscape paintings, Spring 2008
2007
Boston Through the Eyes of Brehaut: The Ellerton J. Brehaut Bostonia Collection, Winter 2007-2008
“…something to measure from”: British Catholic Authors at the John J. Burns Library, Spring 2007
2006
"my monster is in safe keeping:" The Samuel Beckett Collection at Boston College, Winter 2006-2007
Francis Xavier & the Jesuit Missions in the Far East: An Anniversary Exhibition of Early Printed Works, from the Jesuitana Collection, Fall 2006
Irish Faces - The Heart and Soul of Boston: An Exhibit of Bachrach at Boston College, Spring 2006
2005
Alert to the Sacredness of Life: A Celebration of Paul Mariani's Works, Fall 2005
2004
"Mr. Shaw's Time is Filled Up for Months to Come," Fall 2004
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, 1829-1892: Father of the American Concert Band, Fall 2004
All Available Boats: Harbor Voices and Images, 9.11.01, Summer 2004
2003
Boston College and World War Two, Summer 2003
Troubled Images: Posters and Images of the Northern Ireland Conflict, Spring 2003
2002
"A Definite Claim to Beauty": Selections from the Fine Print Press Collection, Fall 2002
Commander John J. Shea's "Letter to Jackie," Spring 2002
Religious Works of Alexis Arapoff, Winter 2002 (Through March 27, 2002)
2001
Francis Thompson at Boston College, Summer 2001
2000
The Fullness of Time: The Catholic Tradition of Social Justice, Summer 2000
1999
Ratio Studiorum: Jesuit Education, 1540-1773, Fall 1999
Francis Sweeney, SJ: Teacher and Mentor, Journalist, Humanist, Poet, Priest, Spring 1999
1998
A Poet's Notebooks from the Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill Collection, Fall 1998
Artwork, Books and Manuscripts from the Flann O'Brien Collection, Fall 1998
Boston College: The First Century, 1863-1963, Fall 1998
Rev. Charles F. Donovan, SJ, Summer 1998
Michael de Lisio: Artists & Writers, Summer 1998
The Women's Studies Collection of Janet Wilson James, Spring 1998
1997
The Birth of the Romanian State, Fall 1997
Thomas Mann Revisited, Fall 1997
The Life and Career of Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Fall 1997
Boston College Campuses: Some Scenes from the Past, Summer 1997
The Jesuits: Culture, Learning and the Arts. 1540-1773, Spring 1997
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