Exhibition Overview
Public Programs
Exhibition Sections:
- Introduction
- Exploration and Settlement
- The American Revolution
- From Enemy to Ally
- From Abolition to Equal
Rights
- Inventions and Discoveries
- Common Language, Separate
Voices
- Popular Culture: from Baseball
to Rock and Roll
Object Checklist
Acknowledgments
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A joint project of
the Library of Congress and The British Library, the John
Bull and Uncle Sam exhibition brings together for the first
time treasures from the two greatest libraries in the English-speaking
world in an exploration of selected time periods and cultural movements
that provide unique insights into the relationship of the United
States and Great Britain. The Library of Congress and the British
Library are unique among world cultural institutions in their range
(more than 250 million items in the combined collections) and depth.
Much of the material in John Bull and Uncle Sam never
has been displayed in either country, and some of the rarest and
most valued objects from each collection will travel across the
Atlantic for the first, and possibly only, time. After being presented
at the Library of Congress from November 18, 1999, through March
4, 2000, the exhibition will open at The
British Library in 2002.
Connecting
Kids: You can continue to enjoy the richness of the
Library's collections by going to this suggested link that will
be of special interest to kids and families!
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