January 22, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmVideo highlights Ransom Center’s film collections The Ransom Center will launch the “Script To Screen” promotional campaign next week in anticipation of the upcoming exhibition Making Movies, which opens February 9. Starting Monday, the Ransom Center will feature online content that highlights the creative work that takes place behind the scenes in filmmaking. Featuring items from… read more
December 15, 2009, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsCurator’s Choice: Among 200 Poe objects, this one stands out The Ransom Center’s Koester Poe collection contains 72 letters written by Edgar Allan Poe, 16 of which appear in the bicentennial exhibition, From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe. One of these letters has become my favorite item to share with visitors during tours through… read more
December 3, 2009, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsFrom the Galleries: Tycho Brahe’s "Astronomiae instauratae mechanica" Before the telescope was invented, 16th-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe built his own instruments to measure star and planetary positions with accuracy up to one arcminute. Brahe described these home-made instruments in his 1602 book, Astronomiae instauratae mechanica, the first edition of which is on display in the Ransom Center’s… read more
