Tolkien exhibitions

There have been many exhibitions about J.R.R. Tolkien's life and works, and new exhibitions are constantly being hold worldwide. Here is a list of some of them.

Many of Tolkien's unpublished materials (writings, drawings, manuscripts...) were first revealed to the public through these exhibitions, and are documented and commentated in their respective catalogues. One can expect to see still more of them in exhibitions in the coming years.

1959-1970

An advertising poster of the "Drawings By Tolkien" exhibition (1967-77).

• 1959 — University of Kansas Exhibition

• 1959 — University of Illinois Exhibition 1959

• 1967 — McMaster University Exhibition — (Ontario)

• 1967 — Wheaton College Exhibition — (Illinois)

• 1967 — Wisconsin Exhibition — (Wisconsin)

• 1968 — Belknap College Exhibition — (New Hampshire)

• 1968 — University of Waterloo Exhibition

• 1969 — University of Illinois Exhibition 1969

1970-1990

• 1970 — St. Catherine Exhibition

• 1971 — Cleveland State University Exhibition

• 1976-1977 — "Drawings By Tolkien" — (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
  • Publication: Drawings by Tolkien

• 1977 — National Book League Exhibition

• 1983 — "The Manuscripts of J.R.R.T." — (Marquette University, Wisconsin)
  • Publication: The Manuscripts of J.R.R.T.

• 1987 — "J.R.R.Tolkien: The Hobbit Drawings, Watercolors, and Manuscripts" — (Marquette University)
  • Publication: J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit: Drawings, Watercolors, and Manuscripts

• 1987 — "Selections from the Marquette J.R.R. Tolkien Collection" — (Marquette University)
  • Publication: Selections from the Marquette J.R.R. Tolkien Collection

• 1987 — "Drawings for 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien" — (Bodleian Library, Oxford)

Since 1990

• 1992 — "Tolkien: Life and Legend" — (Bodleian Library)
  • Publication: Tolkien: Life and Legend

• 1992 — "Hobbits in Holland" — (Netherlands)

• 1992 — "J.R.R. Tolkien 1892-1992" — (Antwerp, Belgium)

• 1992 — "The Oxford Inklings" — (Museum of Oxford)

• 2004 — "The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien" — (Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University)
  • Publication: The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien

• 2018-2019 — "Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth" — (Bodleian Library) & (Morgan Library, New York)
  • Publication: Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth & Tolkien: Treasures

• 2019 — "Voyage en Terre du Milieu" — (Paris)
  • Publication: Tolkien: Voyage en Terre du Milieu

• 2022 — "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript" — (Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University)
  • Publication: J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript

See also

• Category:Exhibition catalogues