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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Open today 10 AM - 5 PM

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Events

Free Ornithology Exhibition

This free exhibition opens November 10, featuring centuries-old books, bird study skins, illustrations, educational content.

OCTOBER 25, 2023
Fellowships

Fellowship Information Session

Learn about the different types of research support available to historians of science and humanities scholars during the 2024-25 academic year.

DEC 8, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Events

How Do I Become a Computer Scientist?

A professional computer scientist offers academic and career advice for high school and early college students.

NOV 9, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Scientist of the Day

Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang, an Austrian film-maker, was born Dec. 5, 1890.

DECEMBER 5, 2023
Fellows in Main Reading Room
In The News: Oct 25

Linda Hall Library Fellows to Present at 2023 National History of Science and Technology Conferences

Galileo Galilei, Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa, Florence, 1632 (Linda Hall Library)
In The News: Oct 5

Banned and Challenged Books from the Shelves of the Linda Hall Library

Science2Art 2023 gallery
In The News: Sept 8

BioNexus KC Science2Art Returns to the Linda Hall Library

Roger Hart (2023-24 NEH Postdoctoral Fellow, Linda Hall Library), Shelly Lowe (Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities), and Benjamin Gross (Vice President for Research and Scholarship, Linda Hall Library)
In The News: Sept 7

Meet Roger Hart, 2023-24 NEH Postdoctoral Fellow

KCIC's US Nationals Contingent flank Programs Coordinator Kristina Gabuardy and Public Programs Manager Matt Reeves
In The News: Aug 1

Kansas City's Best Young Inventors Compete at Invention Convention U.S. Nationals

Linda Hall Library President Lisa Browar with 2023 James C. Shipman award recipient Erandi Ramirez
In The News: June 30

Linda Hall Library Presents Shipman Award at 72nd Annual Greater Kansas City Science & Engineering Fair

Photo of Garrett McKinnon and Mary and Alan Atterbury
In The News: June 30

Meet Garrett McKinnon, 2023-24 Pearson Fellow in Aerospace History

Photo of Linda Hall Library president Eric Dorfman
In The News: June 12

Scientist, Author, and Museum Director Eric Dorfman Named New President of Linda Hall Library

Photo of Linda Hall Library fellow Michele Pflug working in the History of Science Reading Room
In The News: June 9

Linda Hall Library Fellows Awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships

Photo of Linda Hall Library Digital Initiatives Unit members.
In The News: June 7

Linda Hall Library Digital Initiatives Unit Recognized by American Chemical Society

KCIC 2023 Winners
KCIC: May 25

Kansas City Students to Present at National Invention Convention

Michele D. Pflug
In The News: May 17

Linda Hall Library Announces 2023-24 Fellowships

Fellowships

Fellowship Information Session

Learn about the different types of research support available to historians of science and humanities scholars during the 2024-25 academic year.

DEC 8, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Events

How Do I Become a Cyber Security Professional

An interactive Q & A session featuring a panel of cyber security professionals. This event had ended. Click on Watch Now to the view the recording.

APR 15, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Ben Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack
In The News: May 9

Promoting Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society and Science in Early America

Record Breaking Number of Student Inventors Compete at Kansas City Invention Convention 2023
In The News: Apr 28

Record Breaking Number of Student Inventors Compete at Kansas City Invention Convention 2023

Linda Hall Library digital technician scanning book
In The News: Apr 26

Linda Hall Library Joins Ex Libris Rapido as Development Partner

History of Science on Display: The Standards That Built America
In The News: Mar 10

History of Science on Display: The Standards that Built America

Photo of Birds of America by John James Audubon Vol. 11
In The News: Feb 27

What is a Research Library?

Mary Somerville On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences
In The News: Feb 13

#LibraryBowl23

Color our Collections 2023 Cover image
In The News: Feb 7

Color our Collections 2023

Hedgehog 68, Winter 2022 Cover image
In The News: Jan 1

Linda Hall Library Hedgehog Number 68, Winter 2022

Richard Rouse Bloxam Urania's Mirror Capricornus
In The News: Dec 23

Happy Holidays from the Linda Hall Library

Photo of Linda Hall Library square on board game Monopoly: Kansas City Edition
In The News: Dec 8

Enter to Win Monopoly: Kansas City Edition from Linda Hall Library

Linda Hall Library Interior
In The News: Dec 7

Linda Hall Library Welcomes Brian Frehner as 2022-23 Scholar-In-Residence

Linda Hall Library Fellows at SHOT Conference
In The News: Dec 2

Linda Hall Library Fellows Receive Awards from the Society for the History of Technology

J.P. Ascher
In The News: Nov 28

J.P. Ascher Joins the Linda Hall Library as 2022-23 Presidential Scholar in Bibliography

History of Science on Display: Dukedom Large Enough
In The News: Nov 22

History of Science on Display: Dukedom Large Enough

Linda Hall Library Fellows
In The News: Nov 10

Linda Hall Library Fellows Set to Present at National History of Science and Technology Conferences

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
In The News: Oct 18

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado Awarded 2023 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science

Linda Hall Library Main Reading Room
In The News: Oct 7

Linda Hall Library Fellow Receives National Science Foundation Award

Linda Hall Library exterior armillary sphere
In The News: Oct 4

Lisa Browar to Retire as Linda Hall Library President after 15 Years

Photo of former Linda Hall Library Shipman Award winner, Erin Smith, showing her FacePrint app.
In The News: Aug 23

Former Shipman Award Winner Erin Smith Granted 2022 Young Inventors Prize by the European Patent Office

Linda Hall Library August Rare Books Display
In The News: Aug 15

Twelve Thousand Volumes Under the Sea: Books from the Library of Captain Nemo

Fellowships

Fellowship Information Session

Learn about the different types of research support available to historians of science and humanities scholars during the 2024-25 academic year.

JAN 5, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Events

Ecological Design: The Olmsted Brothers' Legacy

How the Olmsted Brothers' design solutions provide insights into today's ongoing concerns about water management, sustainable urban planning, & more.

JUN 16, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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