Open House at the University of Miami's Special Collections

Take a summer break on campus with the faculty and staff of the Kislak Center at the University of Miami, the University Libraries’ home of Special Collections and University Archives at the Otto G. Richter Library. Join us in the Kislak Center Reading Room, where we will showcase a selection of rare and unique treasures from our holdings. Special Collections Coordinator Robin Potter will lead a presentation of our “staff picks”—favorite, hand-selected items—with our team available to answer any questions you may have about our resources and services. Whether you’re a returning visitor or discovering us for the first time, we look forward to sharing these marvelous materials with you! ABOUT THE KISLAK CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI In 2017, the University of Miami opened the Kislak Center at the University of Miami as a dedicated home for Special Collections [https://www.library.miami.edu/specialcollections/index.html] and University Archives [https://www.library.miami.edu/universityarchives/index.html]. The facility is named in recognition of a landmark gift [https://news.miami.edu/stories/2017/01/internationally-significant-collection-donated-to-two-miami-higher-education-institutions.html] from Jay I. Kislak: the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Early Americas, Exploration and Navigation. Conveniently located on the ground floor of the Otto G. Richter Library, the Kislak Center brings together the departments that steward the Kislak Collection and other rare books, manuscripts, and archival materials in a space designed for research and discovery. Open to the public, it features a gallery for exhibitions and a grand reading room that welcomes researchers from around the world. Throughout the year, the Kislak Center hosts public programs, welcomes research grant recipients, and supports artist residencies—creating opportunities for scholars, students and the broader community to engage with the collections.