Tour Scientific Illustration: Sampling Across the Collections at Lauinger Library, Georgetown University

Please join us for a tour of Scientific Illustration: Sampling Across the Collections with co-curators Christen Runge and Stephanie Hughes on Friday, September 29 at 11:00 at Lauinger Library, Georgetown University.

Science is a largely visual endeavor. It elucidates the world of the material—atoms, minerals, flames, rivers, herbs, machines, skeletons, distant galaxies.

From the very beginnings of early modern scientific inquiry, the field of illustration has intertwined with the development of scientific knowledge. Image has mingled with text to communicate the discoveries, ideas, research and observations of the sciences.

This exhibition brings together some of the most magnificent examples of scientific illustration in the Booth Family Center for Special Collections, as well as some of the more curious and most speculative. Works of art, influenced by and influencing the sciences, share space with the illustrations throughout the exhibition. More information about the exhibition is available here.
Registration will be limited to 20 people and is members-only. You may register up to two people.

Please register here for the program.

Image Credit: Julie Wolfe, Color of the Day: Day 47 (From the Opposing Forces Series) 2020
Acrylic with ink on found paper