New Exhibit Opening Today -
Victorian Secrets and Edwardian Enigmas: The Riddles of the Rooms of 221B Baker Street
Opening Monday, June 11 through Monday, August 20 Elmer L. Andersen Library Gallery
Collections of the University of Minnesota Libraries hold two versions of Sherlock Holmes' famous sitting room at 221B Baker Street, London: a full-size reproduction and a miniature rendering. The miniature came to the Holmes Collections in 1993. It was the creation of the late Dorothy Rowe Shaw, wife of the collector John Bennett Shaw, and has been a source of amazement and joy to many visitors of the Holmes Collections over the years. The second, a full-scale rendition, was acquired within the last year. It was a gift to the Collections from the estate of the late Allen Mackler.
This special exhibit features these and other materials from the Sherlock Holmes Collections, including recently-acquired letters written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, toys, games, and puzzles from the John Bennett Shaw Collection, and original artwork. Free and open to the public.
