Exhibits

Forsyth Library's exhibition program includes both site-based and online exhibitions that incorporate materials from Special Collections and the University Archives.

Main Exhibit Cases

Located in the Learning Commons on main level of Forsyth Library, the Main Exhibit Cases showcase those Special Collections' materials that may be displayed temporarily without extraordinary environmental controls. Recent staff-curated exhibits include: Before the Interstate: Traveling Two Lane Highways; Postmarked Landmarks; Memories and Memorabilia; and A Century of Little Blue Books: Celebrating the Working Man’s Library.

Fall 2021 Exhibit: Cautionary & Morality Tales: Classic Children's Literature

Special Exhibits Gallery

Located outside the University Archives on Forsyth Library's main level, the Special Exhibits Gallery showcases Special Collections' materials that demand extraordinary environmental controls. Recent staff-curated exhibits include: Die Lutherbibel, The Lovecraft Collectors' Library, and Paeans to Opportunity, Diatribes on Opportunism: Contrasting Representations in Gilded Age Literature.

Fall 2021 Exhibit: Die Lutherbibel

Contribute and Tour

The center display case in the South Study Area features faculty and student research, if you are interested in contributing your students or your department’s scholarly and/or creative works to temporarily display, please contact Special Collections. To schedule a time to have your class guided by a librarian through the current exhibits or to schedule a time for your class to visit the Special Collections and University Archives, contact us.

Online Exhibits

Explore online exhibits that depict various aspects of university history, including, From Fort Hospital to Forsyth Library, History of Campus Buildings, A Commencement Exhibit, COVID-19 Archive Project, Plymouth Schoolhouse, and Tiger Tales, a compilation of FHSU oral histories.

Internet Archiving

Ever-changing digital media of FHSU is being preserved through internet archiving, including the university website, blogs, tiger media network, faculty web publications, Facebook, and Twitter. View Archive of FHSU Websites and Digital Media.