This year marks a century since the publication of James Joyce’s Modernist masterpiece, Ulysses. The Rosenbach, home to the only complete manuscript of the novel and the location of Philadelphia’s annual Bloomsday celebration, marks this occasion with a thematic walk around the novel’s eighteen episodes.
The exhibition challenges the novel’s reputation as a difficult book to read, presenting eighteen highlights from the manuscript, each representing a single theme—along with related objects from The Rosenbach’s collections. Visitors can engage with these thematic groupings separately or connect them to the larger nexus of ideas at play in the novel. Nationhood, food, literature, music, identity, and love are just a few of the themes we ask you to ponder.
The exhibition will be enhanced by over one hundred paintings by contemporary artist, Heather Ryan Kelley, whose work on Ulysses is a visually engaging meditation on the themes of the novel.
Thu - Sat 10:30am - 6pm
Sun 10:30am - 4:30pm
Mon, Tue & Wed CLOSED
Adults: $12.50
Seniors (ages 65 & older): $10.00
Students & Children: $7.50
Children (ages 5 - 11): Free!
Children (under 5): currently unable to visit due to vaccination policy
Rosenbach Members: Free!
Members of AAM, ICOM, & the N. American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Program: Free !
The Rosenbach
2008-2010 Delancey Place
Philadelphia, PA
39.9474081133, -75.1749739
18 Reasons to Read Ulysses: A Centennial Celebration
