Emory’s Woodruff Library has assembled an unusual design-history exhibition: a 4,000-year-old Babylonian clay tablet placed in dialogue with an iPad. From Tablet to Tablet explores how people preserve and transmit knowledge, with rare books, scrolls, manuscripts and modern media in three connected gallery spaces.
The connection to technology is what makes this interesting. Both the ancient clay tablet and the modern touchscreen are portable information objects, but their durability, interfaces and social contexts are radically different. The exhibition also includes an 1804 prayer book and a 1492 printed work.
It runs through February 14, 2027 at the Woodruff Library’s Schatten Gallery. Emory advises checking visitor hours and parking before arriving; the exhibit is a good second stop if you are already on campus for Carlos Museum activities.
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