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On 5 October 2026, Rome’s Biblioteca Vallicelliana announced an exhibition of drawings by pupils from I.C. Via dell’Aeroporto. It is scheduled to open today, 7 October, at 17:00 in the Salone Borromini, with free entry. The work comes from workshops held during the 2025/2026 school year: animals seen in old books and decorated manuscript initials became starting points for new pictures. [1]
The work is a result of workshops already completed, while the public opening is still scheduled at the time of this edition. The library also offers visits and lessons on request; its education page limits the books available for a lesson and allows volumes needing restoration to be withheld. Access to knowledge must coexist with protecting the originals. [1][2]
The bright side
The exhibition makes pupils’ creative work visible and connects historic books with practical experience of observation and drawing. [1]
One idea, in simple words
An old book can inspire a new drawing. In Rome, pupils looked at pictures of animals and decorated letters held by the Biblioteca Vallicelliana. They then made their own work in workshops during the 2025/2026 school year. The library has announced an exhibition of these creations, scheduled to open on 7 October 2026 at 17:00. The drawings already exist; at publication time, the opening has not yet happened. [1]
Here is an example imagined by our editors: you look at a letter’s shape and turn it into a fantastic animal’s body. We are not saying this drawing is in the exhibition. Original books are delicate: lessons must follow rules for consulting them and protect volumes that need restoration. [2]
A little discovery to keep
What did you discover?
Straight from the source.
- Antiche pagine, nuove fantasie | Mostra sulle attività didattiche a.s. 2025-2026 Biblioteca Vallicelliana · 5 Oct 2026
- DIDATTICA E FORMAZIONE Biblioteca Vallicelliana · No publication date provided
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