New Exhibit: Mighty Moose

Come by Kresge to see our latest art exhibit!

“Mighty Moose, ” Upper Valley Wonder Dane, lover of cats, people, a warm fire and riding with his head out of the tops of cars has inspired countless photos in his short year and a half of life. Moose’s photos are mostly taken by his mom Tamica Warren, but also by others that know and love him. Maggie Riscoe, of “Camp D.O.G.” shares her sepia tone photo here and Hailey Neal shares an adolescent smiling Moose. For Moose’s full collection of candid digital shots: facebook.com/mightymoosemonster

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New Book Display: Exploring the Universe through Atlases and Photographs

Have you seen Cellarius’ Harmonica Macrocosmica?

Harmonia Macrocosmica

If you haven’t yet, come flip through this new reprinted edition!

29 double-folio maps and dozens of unusual details reproduced here depict the world systems of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe, the motions of the sun, the moon, and the planets, and the delineation of the constellations in various views. Cellarius’s atlas, superbly embellished with richly decorated borders depicting cherubs, astronomers, and astronomical instruments, features some of the most spectacular illustration in the history of astronomy… (Publisher’s website)

And while you’re here, explore the other 15 titles on display around the theme “Exploring the Universe through Atlases and Photographs.” Download the descriptions here!

This display will run from now through the end of April. Please stop by for a visit!

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Pressure of Light Symposium Exhibit at Rauner Library

“On October 5-6, Dartmouth will be hosting the Pressure of Light Symposium celebrating the Wilder Physical Laboratory designation as an American Physical Society Historic Site honoring the first precise measurements of the radiation pressure of light on a macroscopic body by E.F. Nichols and G.F. Hull in 1901-1903.

In conjunction with the event, Rauner Library has mounted a small exhibit of original documents from the experiments drawn from G.F. Hull’s papers. The exhibit will be on display in the Rauner Library Reading Room through October 8, 2012.”

– Library News, 9/28/12

I really hope you get a chance to visit Rauner! They have some neat materials that you can peruse. It’s also a very quiet study space!

Photographs by Barbara Sterling

Another exhibit at Kresge? Why yes! We are featuring photographs by Barbara Sterling this semester. Here is a sample of her work, which was recently exhibited in the Office of Human Resources:

VT Crop Circles

Ready to Go

The Woods

Morning

Most of these photographs were taken either on Wildlife Road or Jericho Street in Hartford, Vermont.  Many a day I’ve stopped to take in a beautiful scene on my drive into work.  Jericho Street has amazing views and goes from Rt. 5 south of Norwich to Rt. 14 in West Hartford.  The palm trees were in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.  The squirrel and berries are on the Dartmouth campus.  The cat is named Jackson. I use a Kodak point and shoot digital camera and keep it with me always.  I’ve worked in the Acquisitions Department of the Dartmouth College Libraries since 1988 and have seen many changes over the years but the beauty around us is always there.

-Barbara Sterling

Please stop by and enjoy the exhibit!

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New Exhibit: “Charting the Universe”

Come see our newest exhibit at Kresge! Curated by Elizabeth Neill ’13 under the guidance of Professor Richard Kremer, this exhibit draws from Dartmouth’s King Collection of Historic Scientific Instruments.

Astronomy and surveying are fields born from the desire to explore, understand, and chart the universe, at scales ranging from the galactic to the Green in Hanover. This exhibit showcases the scientific instruments that contribute to our visual understanding of the universe. From a depiction of an armillary sphere from 16th century Italy to a Rand McNally globe from 1930s Boston, these objects draw a picture for the viewer over time of “charting the universe,” a journey which has fascinated scientists and artists alike throughout history… Click on the thumbnails above to learn more.

Read about previous exhibits here.

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