Over the past three years the Free Library of Philadelphia, Columbia University Libraries, the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, and a number of other Philadelphia partners have worked to make their collective holdings of historic Muslim handwritten books and paintings freely available to the public online.

On July 14th the University of Pennsylvania will be holding a free virtual afternoon program to celebrate this milestone and highlight some of the findings from the project. Speakers from all three institutions will discuss the process of cataloging and making these manuscripts available, some of the research highlights uncovered in the process, engagement plans with the collection, as well as future programs made possible by the digitization work.

Please register in advance.

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While this program celebrates the end of a university description project, there is much more to come from the Free Library about our community Manuscripts of the Muslim World programs and displays! Sign up to stay in the loop here: tinyurl.com/mmwjoin or contact us directly at MMW@freelibrary.org !