History Exhibition
History ExhibitionBurns Park
Step inside a temple to Revolutionary America: the Clements Library houses 58 editions of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, General Gage's war trunk, and Benjamin West's sweeping "Death of General Wolfe." The neoclassical columns outside are just as stunning as the rare books within.
Tips
May 4
Before tweets went viral, pamphlets did. The Clements Library's exhibition traces how Thomas Paine's Common Sense exploded across the colonies in early 1776 through 58 rare editions, each showing the edits, translations, and typographical twists that shaped Revolutionary politics.
May 4 at 12pm
Step into the whirlwind of 1776 through student eyes. This rare-books exhibition traces how Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" ignited a revolution, with original documents and fresh curation from a University of Michigan political science course.
Burns ParkOpens Monday at 9:00 AM
History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionStep inside a temple to Revolutionary America: the Clements Library houses 58 editions of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, General Gage's war trunk, and Benjamin West's sweeping "Death of General Wolfe." The neoclassical columns outside are just as stunning as the rare books within.
Tips
May 4
Before tweets went viral, pamphlets did. The Clements Library's exhibition traces how Thomas Paine's Common Sense exploded across the colonies in early 1776 through 58 rare editions, each showing the edits, translations, and typographical twists that shaped Revolutionary politics.
May 4 at 12pm
Step into the whirlwind of 1776 through student eyes. This rare-books exhibition traces how Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" ignited a revolution, with original documents and fresh curation from a University of Michigan political science course.
