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    Burn This: Secrecy, Censorship and Survival in the Rosenbach Collection

    Burn This: Secrecy, Censorship and Survival in the Rosenbach Collection

    Presented by Rosenbach Museum and Library at Rosenbach Museum and Library

    August 10-December 11, 2011


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    From the floor of Congress during secret balloting that would decide the presidential election of 1800, one representative wrote “Burn this” on his letters; yt his letters survive today unscorched. And they’re not alone. Many objects in the Rosenbach collections have survived for decades or centuries despite the destructive actions of man and nature.

    What secrets could have been so dangerous, what ideas so threatening, what revelations so potentially embarrassing that authors wanted thier works destroyed, altered, or coded? How did nature spare some rarities, while man himself sought vengeance on other objects, leaving few examples behind?

    This exhibition looks at books, manuscripts, and art that endured censorship, self-censorship, secrecy, and episodes of natural and human destruction to tell us stories of the past


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        Rosenbach Museum and Library

        2008 Delancey Place
        Philadelphia, PA 19103

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        $10 (Adult)
        $8 (Senior 65+)
        $5 (Student, Child)
        FREE! (Child under 5, Rosenbach, AAM or ICOM Member)

        Info Phone: 215-732-1600

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        August 10-December 11, 2011

        Times:

        Tuesday, Noon-5 pm
        Wednesday and Thursday, Noon-8 pm
        Friday, Noon-5 pm
        Saturday and Sunday, Noon-6 pm

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