Kislak Center at the University of Miami

Exhibitions

Kislak Center at the University of Miami

Exhibitions

The Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Early Americas, Exploration and Navigation has transformed the University of Miami and its Libraries.

The Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, Open New Worlds: A Journey Through the Kislak Collection, features nearly 200 items from the Kislak Collection. The exquisite assembly of rare books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and artifacts conveys a multifaceted history of the Americas, hemispheric cultural encounters, and global exploration beginning with Native American cultures and extending to modern times. The exhibit also serves as a window into the larger array of primary sources available in Special Collections.

Open New Worlds: A Journey Through the Kislak Collection
Published on May 2, 2019

Exhibition highlights brochure by Arthur Dunkelman, Director and Curator, Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Published on the occasion of the May 2, 2019, opening of the exhibition “Open New Worlds: A Journey through the Kislak Collection” at the Gallery at the Kislak Center, University of Miami Otto G. Richter Library.

– The Gallery at the Kislak Center –

The Gallery at the Kislak Center celebrates the vision, passion, and generosity of Jay I. Kislak, whose landmark gift to the University of Miami and Miami Dade College preserves an extraordinary narrative of the Americas and its many cultures.

Current Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

Reading Room

  • Ansanm/Ensemble/Together: Building a Haitian Heritage Collection at the University of Miami (featuring items from Special Collections) | November 2018 – March 2020
  • History of the Kislak Center Venue (featuring items from University Archives)
  • Development of the Pan American University Concept (featuring items from University Archives)
  • Chronicles and Cosmographies: Exploring the Earth, Air, and Seas of the Americas (featuring items from Special Collections and the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Early Americas, Exploration and Navigation) | March 20 – June 30, 2018
  • Frenk Administration: Advancing Hemispheric Enterprises (featuring items from University Archives) | March 2018 – April 2019
  • Selections from the Camner Family Music Collection (featuring items from the Marta and Austin Weeks Music Library) | May – December 2019
  • “Parallel Passions: Selected Materials From the Collections of Three Passionate Miamians”, an exhibit of archival materials and artist’s books documenting the dedication, forethought, and passion underlying the collections of three unique Miami individuals: Jay I. Kislak and Ruth and Marvin Sackner. | Spring 2022 – Fall 2023
  • “Visages of Memory: Honoring Holocaust Survivors and Preserving their Memories”, curated by Kineret Ben-Knaan, director of Technical Services and Judaic Studies Librarian, and Arthur Dunkelman, curator of the Jay I. Kislak Collection, featuring the photographs of Laszlo Selly. | May 17 – July 21, 2023
  • “River(s) of Grass: The Enduring Legacies of Marjory Stoneman Douglas”, an exhibit displaying archival materials related to environmentalist Majory Stoneman Douglas and the ways her creativity, outspoken activism, and changemaking have echoed through the efforts of other Florida activists, writers, and artists. | November 2023 – October 2024