Treasures of the Rare Books Room - The Inferno
The Inferno by Dante Alighieri; translated by Henry Francis Cary; illustrated with the designs of M. Gustave Doŕe.
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Treasures of the Rare Books Room
Wisconsin architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed more than one thousand buildings in his lifetime, and almost half of those plans were realized. And Now for Something Completely Different at Central, an open house featuring library treasures rarely seen by the public, will feature Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Drawings Portfolio among many other gems at 2:00 PM on Saturday, July 26, 2014.
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The Villa Terrace Museum of Decorative Arts is currently exhibiting a selection of plaster sculpture works by popular 19th century artist John Rogers, on loan from the Milwaukee Public Library. John Rogers: Art in Plaster Sculpture From The Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library July 11 - September 14, 2014 "The Villa Terrace Museum of Decorative Arts is proud to announce a collaborative exhibition of John Rogers plaster sculpture,…
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