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U.Va. Library Press Releases
The Declaration of Independence Exhibit at the University of Virginia Library:
A New (Air-Conditioned) Fourth of July Tradition
The Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collections includes one of only twenty-five known copies of the first print run of the Declaration, the Dunlap Broadside. web (72dpi) |
A portrait of Albert H. Small taken inside the library that bears his name. Photographer: Tom Cogill web (72dpi) |
A film created for the exhibit includes a depiction of the printing of the collection's centerpiece, the Dunlap web
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Tired of celebrating the nation’s independence in the heat? The Charlottesville community is invited to begin a new, air-conditioned Fourth of July tradition by viewing the subversive document that fueled a revolution: the Declaration of Independence. This is the second year that the University of Virginia Library’s permanent exhibit, Declaring Independence: Creating and Recreating America’s Document, will be open on July 4. The exhibit highlights the collection given by U.Va. alumnus Albert H. Small, and includes one of only twenty-five surviving copies printed on the night of July 4, 1776. The exhibit also includes printings of the Declaration through history, letters and documents from the fifty-six signers, and a thirteen-minute documentary film showing the story of the events that led to the founding of this country. Declaring Independence: Creating and Re-creating America’s Document will be open to the public on Wednesday, July 4, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Docents will be available throughout the day for guided tours. Admission is free. Visitors have an opportunity to celebrate Virginia history with the other exhibits at the Library open on July 4. Virginia Visions examines four hundred years of Virginians and how they envisioned themselves and the Commonwealth. The Flowerdew Hundred: Unearthing Virginia’s History displays archaeological finds from the Harrisons’ historic Virginia estate. The exhibits—all free and open to the public—are located at the U.Va. Library’s Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature and Culture, and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. The building is on U.Va.’s Central Grounds, adjacent to Alderman and Clemons libraries and facing McCormick Road. Limited free parking is available on University Avenue; additional parking is available in the public garage near Newcomb Hall off Route 29/Emmet Street. ### Library pressroom: Library hours: Information on the Harrison Institute: Information on Special Collections:
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