KU Libraries will debut a new student-curated exhibition, “Travel, Tourism, and the Transmission of Knowledge in and Around Japan,” on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 3:30 p.m. in Kenneth Spencer Research Library's exhibit gallery. 

Created by students in the University of Kansas History of Art department’s spring seminar “Manuscripts, Maps, and Illustrated Books,” the new exhibition examines how knowledge -- from the scientific to the spiritual and even the outlandish -- was shared through centuries of travel, tourism, and the circulation of books and manuscripts in Japan and beyond. 

The show was curated by 10 graduate students from KU’s History of Art department. Yuan-Hsi Chao, Brady Cullen, Aria Diao, Shangyi Lyu, Olivia Song, Emma Smith, Rebekah Staton, Heeryun Suh, Eli Troen, and Morgan Williamson worked under the guidance of Sherry Fowler, professor of Japanese art history, in collaboration with Eve Wolynes, special collections curator at Spencer Research Library. 

The Sept. 3 opening event is free and open to the public. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet student curators, learn about their work, and view the exhibition, which runs through the fall semester.