I hope you all will allow me the small indulgence of bragging on an exhibition near and dear to my heart! The Harry Ransom Center on the University of Texas campus (my alma mater and current employer) has put on the exhibit Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy. Some of the works on display do coincide with the Tudor period though, so it isn’t totally off-topic! Up at the top is a photo I took of the HRC’s copy of Copernicus’ “De Revolutionibus”, printed in 1543 (the photo was from a different exhibition earlier this year).
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And by the way, if any of you are in the area and visit the HRC, they also have an exhibit on Edgar Allen Poe on right now too, celebrating the bicentennial of his birth. See what I mean about all the cool things with anniversaries this year?
I wish we had a “Like” button here as Facebook does. This would definitely warrant one!
Hehe… next time the WordPress developers ask for input on new features, I’ll put in a request. 🙂
I’m planning to get over to the HRC on Friday to check it out. I’m really curious to see how they used a few things we sent over from the department. The Poe exhibition looks fun too!
I’d love to go to both exhibits, but I’d really love the Poe one. I live close enough to Baltimore that I went to his grave on a day trip there. That churchyard is spookier than any place I’ve ever been in England…any place I’ve ever been anywhere in fact. Nothing could get me there at night!
How was the astronomy exhibit?
Sadly I didn’t make it over there today, but I’m going to try again on Monday. If nothing else, I know I’ll be there on the 25th for a talk.
Sounds interesting! Hopefully I can make it on Museum Day. I’m especially excited to see the Kahlo exhibit.