This exhibition explores the Victorian fascination with polar and glacial ice in the period from 1818 to 1860. In 1818, the British Navy began to send out expeditions in search of a Northwest Passage, broadening the search around 1840 to include Antarctica. Also around 1840, the glacial theory was proposed and debated, and the ice at the poles became the key to envisioning the ice ages of the past.

The exhibition features forty-three star atlases and maps, covering the period from 1482 to 1851. They capture the sweeping grandeur of the heavens, and are among the most beautiful scientific books ever made.

The French expeditionary force that occupied Egypt under Napoleon's command from July 1798 until 1801 included some of France's leading scientists. Their work was published as the Description de l'Égypte, which is featured in this exhibition, along with other rare books that document the story of the French scientific expedition to Egypt.

Drawn from the collections of the Linda Hall Library and Missouri Botanical Garden Library, this exhibit highlights scientific illustrations by six historic women and demonstrates the strong foundation they built by also presenting the work of six contemporary women scientific illustrators.

An exhibition of 66 books and journals, published between 1565 and 1835, on volcanoes, basalt, and the discovery of geological time.

An Exhibition of rare books celebrating the heritage of civil engineering, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the American Society of Civil Engineers

The Linda Hall Library's collection of the published monuments to the great expeditions of the age of sail is featured in this exhibition.

Dinosaurs have excited the public imagination ever since the first dinosaur was described in 1824. This exhibition features original printed materials related to the history of dinosaur discovery

The Year 1000: A Legacy of Science and Technology

This is an online version of an exhibition catalog that was originally published in 1989. Written by William B. Ashworth, Jr., it won the First Place Award in the annual competition sponsored by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.