Join the Student Friends for a guided tour of the Milberg Gallery's new "Nursery of Rebellion": Princeton & the American Revolution! The tour will be led by the exhibit's curators Michael Blaakman and Gabriel Swift. Lunch following the tour at a local Princeton restaurant will be included. A separate communication will be sent to registered attendees. 

Due to limited capacity, the event will only be open to the Student Friends of the Princeton University Library. Registration will be required. 

Description of the Exhibit: 

Drawing on an array of PUL’s manuscript and rare book collections, this exhibition will commemorate the 250th anniversaries of U.S. independence and the Battle of Princeton, and showcase Princeton’s archival treasures from the revolutionary era alongside documents and artifacts that reveal local experiences of the American Revolution on campus and in the surrounding communities. Exploring the Revolution across lines of gender, class, race, allegiance, and status, the exhibition will offer visitors a range of perspectives on the Revolution’s ideals and contradictions, its anxiety and violence, and its achievements and tragedies.

Curated by Michael Blaakman, Associate Professor of History, and Gabriel Swift, Librarian for Early American Collections.

Link to Exhibit