The Birds. Vertigo. Dirty Harry. Harold and Maude. San Francisco has one of the greatest film legacies of any American city. This map shows locations so you can check out the scenes yourself — from dark comedies to classics to horrors. #MapMondaymyumi.ch/jV43V
ALT Map showing movie locations in San Francisco, with callouts along the sides.
ALT Map showing movie locations in San Francisco, with callouts along the sides and bottom.
Not all maps are made for adults! This 1998 map reimagined Chicago for children. Chicago and beyond are illustrated with points of interest, a Loop inset, and an index to everything worth seeing when you're small & the Windy City feels enormous. #MapMondaymyumi.ch/rw7Dn
ALT Whimsical map of Chicago, with images of a cow, horse, barn, windmill, trolley, submarine, etc.
ALT Whimsical maps of Chicago, with silly images to depict points of interest.
This declassified D-Day map (1 of 2) was used by the American military to plan the Omaha Beach landings (Normandy, France on June 6, 1944). These remarkable maps include red print detailing intelligence readings. #MapMondaymyumi.ch/NrAVG
ALT Topographical map including highways, railroads, buildings, and bodies of water. It also includes a red overprint with legend denoting hedgehogs, tetrahedrons, element "c", log ramps, and more. The text reads “Omaha Beach - East (Colleville-sur-Mer)."
Most library locations are closed Saturday, 5/23 through Monday, 5/26 for the Memorial Day holiday. Shapiro Library is open regular hours Saturday and limited hours Sunday. See hours for details: myumi.ch/D8g88
Joe Veazey, the artist behind the famous Atlanta Rap Map, spent two years eating at 150 barbecue joints to make this map. It charts 180 restaurants, 25 barbecue legends, and the full regional history of American barbecue, all painted by hand. #MapMondaymyumi.ch/kVwjV
ALT Colorful map detailing the type of barbecue available across the lower U.S., and including headshots of the kings and queens of barbecue.
In the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room: The People’s Bicentennial. Original artifacts document the work of the Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC), which challenged the official, corporate-sponsored commemoration of the 1976 bicentennial. myumi.ch/nVk1V
ALT Community Programs for a Peoples Bicentennial; Student and Teacher Programs for a Peoples Bientennial.
Happening NOW in the Clark Library: the opening of "Muted Volumes: Book-objects, patterned papers, and the closed stacks of Buhr," an exhibit of handbound unopenable book-objects as symbolic stand-ins for books languishing in offsite storage. myumi.ch/Mpbk6
Zooniverse volunteers helped us transcribe and digitize our collection of letters that were sent to Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre in the aftermath of his War of the Worlds broadcast. Watch "My Dear Mr. Welles: War of the Worlds Fan and Hate Mail": myumi.ch/bDZVy
ALT A typewritten letter addressed to Orson Welles, care of Columbia Broadcasting Company in New York, along with the digital version created from a volunteer transcription.
100 years ago on May 12, 1926, the first undisputed sighting of the North Pole took place by airplane! Advances in arctic exploration led to the creation of many maps of the top of our globe in the 1920s, including this one from 1929. #MapMondaymyumi.ch/G2w8E
ALT Map of the world from a perspective showing the Arctic Sea at the center.
Ella Hall was a Black landlord and cook in Ann Arbor. Her manuscript cookbook (1920-1940ish) resides in our Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive, and a facsimile will be released by U-M Press in June. Read about Hall, her cookbook, and her cornbread! myumi.ch/qw87D
ALT Black and white photo of an older black woman tending to a garden shrub.
Fri 5/8, Clark Library, 2pm: Giovanni Scorcioni, owner of Facsimile Finder, a provider and maker of high quality facsimiles based in San Marino, gives a presentation on how ornate facsimiles (of manuscript copies from ca. 700-1600 CE) are made. myumi.ch/VD5Wg
ALT Cropped map facsimile showing European castles and decorated with gold leaf.
A yellow submarine, Strawberry Fields, and Penny Lane all on one map! This 1974 pictorial map brings together the birthplaces, homes, schools, and other whimsical imagery associated with each Beatle. #MapMondaymyumi.ch/VD5dM
ALT A map, in variations of green, showing important Beatles landmarks — their birthplaces, homes, schools, and other whimsical places. On the left, there's a large river that says Mersey with a submarine, and at the top right there is a drawing of each Beatle.
Thanks for joining us on the Diag to celebrate graduations! We really loved seeing happy grads with their friends and families and dogs. And thanks to President Grasso and his adorable dog for joining in the fun! #GoBlue#MGoGrad
ALT Joyful student throwing up her arms next to a giant block M in front of the Hatcher Library.
ALT U-M President Grasso and his adorable dog standing in front of a giant block M.
ALT Large group of grads and their family members surround a giant block M.
ALT Curly-haired dog sitting next to a giant block M.
You made it to the end, grads, and we're honored to have been part of your journey. We're here cheering you on and encouraging you to keep growing, changing, and learning! #MGoGrad#GoBlue
ALT Two friends sitting next to a giant block M in front of the U-M Hatcher Library.
ALT A family standing behind a giant block M in front of the U-M Hatcher Library.
ALT A family standing on either side of a giant block M in front of the U-M Hatcher Library.
ALT A family standing in front of a giant block M in front of the U-M Hatcher Library.
Bring your camera/phone and your friends/family — we're cold but cheerful and back on the Diag taking photos! Take photos with our giant block M until 6pm today. Free! Congratulations, grads! #GoBlue#MGoGrad
ALT Two friends sitting next to a giant block M in front of the U-M Hatcher Library.
Bring your camera/phone — we're on the Diag right now taking photos. We're happy to capture just the grad...or your entire happy gang! Congratulations, graduates! #GoBlue#MGoGrad@UMich
ALT Graduate student in full regalia standing in front of a giant block M in front of the U-M Hatcher Library.
ALT Happy family standing behind a giant block M in front of the U-M Hatcher Library.
ALT Happy family, with their graduate, standing on either side of a giant block M in front of the U-M Hatcher Library.
ALT Happy family standing around a giant block M in front of the U-M Hatcher Library.
Road trip! A Toledo Museum of Art exhibit features some unique, rarely-seen items from our collection. "Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World" includes items from our collection of papyri and our Campbell Bonner Collection of Magical Amulets: myumi.ch/RQxJw
ALT Two oval flat stones engraved with figures and letters.
Thursday/Friday, 1-6pm: Memorialize your time @UMich! Bring a camera/phone and we'll help capture photos of you and your friends and family — cap and gown not required. Look for the large block M on the Diag in front of the Hatcher Library. #GoBlue#MGoGrad
Summer is almost upon us! And where better to visit than Northern Michigan? This 1910 map depicts the “delightful vacation land,” including fishing locations, train routes, and a close-up of Mackinac Island. #MapMondaymyumi.ch/QwyAj
ALT Blue and white map of Northern Michigan entitled "To That Delightful Vacation Land North Michigan." It shows train routes, fishing locations, a close-up of Mackinac Island, and the towns of the region.
TODAY in Shapiro, 6-8pm: Paws and unwind during this stressful exam time! Pet, play with, and bask in the presence of therapy dogs from Therapaws of Michigan. Also enjoy fun crafts, activities and swag!