The collections highlighted below are a small part of our 19th and 20th century collections. Most of the materials in these collections and many others can be located through Library Search.

The National Collections have a significant role in addressing scientific and societal issues in the 21st century. Collections acquired a century or more ago are used today to address climate change, ...

The collection has grown from a few thousand objects in the mid-19th century to its present size through donations from public institutions and private collections. The National Numismatic Collection ...

Mid-century modern furniture design endures because it is the "peak" of American furniture design says author Cara Greenberg, ...

One day, you might review your credit information or apply for new financing and discover a collection account on your credit report. Collection accounts are problematic because they have the ...

In 2014, when the artist Dan McCarthy moved from Brooklyn into a converted schoolhouse in upstate New York, he decided the ...

From the iconic 'Boson' chair for Artifort by Partrick Norguet, whose work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, to newer designs such as 'Brioni' by Pietro ...

"This collection is a testament to the shared ... common styles found within Parisian apartments and Italian mid-century modern furniture. It results in pieces that are made of kiln-dried hardwood ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – A carefully curated collection of mid-century modern furniture sets the stage for a well-preserved 1960s home on the Huron River. Built in 1963, the home at 3545 Woodland Road in ...

Following the death of the Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun in 1923, his will had a curious order: His vast accumulation ...

inspired by modern Parisian apartments and mid-century Italian modernist furniture. We leaned into complex materiality—plaster, shearling, lacquer—for a collection that is as elegant and grown ...

inspired by modern Parisian apartments and mid-century Italian modernist furniture. We leaned into complex materiality—plaster, shearling, lacquer—for a collection that is as elegant and grown ...