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Oct
11
2025

Galter in Bloom: 500 Years of Botanical Illustration

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Detailed engraving of a sunflower

When: Saturday, October 11, 2025
All day  

Where: Ward Building, Galter Health Sciences Library, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Katie Lattal   (312) 503-1913
katherine.lattal@northwestern.edu

Group: Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center

Category: Fine Arts

Description:

Now on display in the Eckenhoff Reading Room, Galter in Bloom: 500 Years of Botanical Illustration, brings viewers into a bibliographic garden of flowers and fruit trees, herbs and vegetables, with a selection of illustrations spanning centuries and printing techniques, all curated from the Galter Library’s collection of botanical books. The exhibit examines how visual imagery can be affected by color, size, technique, purpose, and more.

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