Exhibitions & Digital Collections

The Special Collections Department of the Harvard Law School Library collects, catalogs, and cares for hundreds of thousands of books, manuscripts, prints and photographs, and works of art—only a fraction of which are studied by visitors to the Law School's campus. Digital Collections and Exhibitions—with installations in both the real and virtual worlds—bring legal scholars and those interested in the history of Harvard Law School and its students, faculty, and alumni into contact with Special Collections materials in numbers greater than can possibly be served in the Root Room alone.

The assortment of stories that can be written using our collections is wide and deep, ranging from the history of the book told through the exhibition of unique and beautifully bound law books, to the digital presentation of rarely seen documents from important and well-studied events like the Nuremberg Trials. Through the use of Exhibitions and Digital Collections, the Special Collections Department not only highlights special and unique materials, but also brings these materials to researchers who might otherwise be unable to access them.

For more information about current and past Exhibitions and Digital Projects, please see:

Exhibitions

Digital Collections