One of the world's finest cultural institutions, the Harry Ransom Center presents exhibitions drawn from its collections of literature, art, photography, performing arts, and film. A rare Gutenberg Bible and the First Photograph are on permanent display in the lobby.

In fall 2010, the Harry Ransom Center features the following exhibition in the Ransom Center Galleries.

Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection
September 7, 2010–January 2, 2011
Drawn from the peerless collection of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, the exhibition features masterpieces from photography’s first 150 years, alongside other images that, while lesser known, are integral to the medium’s history. Highlights include the first photograph (on permanent display at the Ransom Center); works by nineteenth-century masters such as Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Henry Peach Robinson; and iconic images by modern photographers such as Man Ray, Edward Weston, and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Located at 21st and Guadalupe Streets, the Ransom Center is free and open to the public.
www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/

Free docent-led tours of the exhibitions occur on Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m.

The Ransom Center welcomes groups and school field trips. To schedule your visit, please visit the website or call 512-475-8086.

Paid parking is available in the Dobie Center parking garage on the corner of 21st and Whitis and in various nearby surface lots. Information about University-operated parking garages and shuttle service routes is available online. Limited street parking is available in the neighborhood west of Guadalupe Street. Capital Metro offers several bus routes that stop near the Ransom Center, including 1M, 1L.

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The Ransom Center is free and open to the public.

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