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Halloween Pop-Up Exhibit – Spine Chillers: Old Books & Spooky Movies at the Wangensteen

October 30 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Free
Spine-Chillers Halloween pop up logo.

Vampires, creepy cures, and bad doctors, oh my! What could be spookier than scary movies? The books that could have inspired them! Visit the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine’s 4th Annual Halloween Pop-Up Exhibit – Spine Chillers: Old Books & Spooky Movies! View historic rare and creepy books and artifacts.

Stop by the Wangensteen Library on Wednesday, October 30 anytime from 11:30-1:30 in Phillips-Wangensteen 2-330 (bring your U Card). No registration required. Free! (Don’t worry, they aren’t all super spooky).

The Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine collections contain 73,000 volumes of rare books, journals and manuscripts, historical materials and objects about health, medicine, and biological sciences from 1430 to 1945.

Spine-Chillers Halloween pop up logo.

Bonus:

View the current exhibit “Women’s Work: Shaping Healthcare in the Rural Midwest.” Rural health begins in the home, and through this exhibit we seek to examine what women’s roles were in keeping their family healthy and educated on food safety.

Details

Date:
October 30
Time:
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

University of Minnesota Libraries
Phone
612-624-4520
Email
libevent@umn.edu
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Venue

Wangensteen Historical Library, 2-340 Phillips-Wangensteen Building (PWB)
516 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455 United States
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