University of Rochester

"Springing to Life: Movable Books & Mechanical Devices"

Curated by Leah Hamilton, this exhibit currently in Rush Rhees Library features more than 50 examples of pop-up books, bibliographic mechanisms, and amazing feats of paper engineering and spans nearly 500 years of the interactive book. Each of the books is a part of the collection in Rare Books and Special Collections.

More on the exhibit.


pop-up book of Star Wars

pop-up book of Alice and Wonderland


pop-up book of abstract shapes

pop-up book featuring a ship