The David Winton Bell Gallery and the Brown University Library present Views and Re-Views: Soviet Political Posters and Cartoons. The exhibition, featuring dozens of posters, cartoons, photomontages, and postcards drawn from a private collection, will be on view at the Bell Gallery and the John Hay Library. It is free and open to the public. The David Winton Bell Gallery, located on the first floor of List Art Center, 64 College St., is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call (401) 863-2932. Brown University’s John Hay Library, located at 20 Prospect St., is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. See link for additional events held in conjunction with this exhibition.

http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2008/08/posters

For more than a century, Abraham Lincoln has been employed by authors, toymakers and educators to present a model of honesty and probity for children, not only in the United States, but all across the globe. This exhibition, Child's Play: Abraham Lincoln in Games, Toys and Stories, displays some of the more unusual items from the McLellan Lincoln collection, documenting the didactic use of Lincoln's image while promoting childhood fun. The John Hay Library, 20 Prospect St., is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/exhibits/index.php#Machado

This Lincoln Bicentennial exhibit allows the viewer to compare and contrast six oil-on-canvas portraits of Abraham Lincoln created by five different artists who made first-hand observations and drawings of Lincoln during his lifetime. The exhibition is open by appointment. For further information, contact: hay@brown.edu.

Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology presents Believing Africa in its satellite gallery at Manning Hall. The exhibition focuses on the diversity of African spiritual beliefs. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

http://www.brown.edu/news/2005-06/05-117.html