Focus on The American Library and explore the Collections.
Spin-off collections of some of the books based on the named people's areas of influence were created.
The American Library Collection (Activists) featured 233 books and was first displayed in 2018 at the Mead Art Museum, accompanied by Shonibare's Girl Balancing Knowledge and Nelson's Ship in a Bottle. The museum curation said that as well as the narratives on immigration, this collection "serves as a commentary about which people and what ideas get published and thereby become part of public discourse."The American Library Collection (Female Philanthropists), with about 225 books, was displayed in 2019.
Nelson's Ship in a Bottle Mead Art Museum