Guest post by Jayden Mitchell

A banner on the left side and a chair and two display cases on the left side

The Thompson Library exhibit ‘Mobility, Collecting and Diaspora’, a collection of East Asian objects related to performing arts, open until July 20, 2025.

We are proud to be part of the ongoing exhibition “Mobility, Collecting, and Diaspora: Preserving and Teaching East Asian History, which brings together remarkable artifacts from Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Indonesian performance and fine arts. Located in the Thompson Library Special Collections Display Atrium, this exhibit represents an unprecedented collaboration between the Bliss M. and Mildred A. Wiant Collection of Chinese Art, and Chinese and Japanese collections from the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, and the Herman J. Albrecht Library of Historical Architecture.

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