Harry Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center advances the study of the arts and humanities by acquiring, preserving, and making accessible original cultural materials. With extensive collections of rare books, manuscripts, photography, film, art, and
the performing arts, the Center supports research through symposia and fellowships and provides education and enrichment for scholars, students, and the public through exhibitions and programs. Learn More
Frida Kahlo portrait display extended
Frida Kahlo's Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird will be on display at the Ransom Center through March 21, 2010.
Ransom Center embarks on
$15 million capital campaign
The capital campaign seeks to enhance the Center's collections and curatorial capacity; create opportunities for scholarship; support preservation projects, exhibitions, and programs; and expand the Center's technological capabilities to bring its holdings to ever-widening audiences.
Historic photo print archive
has new owner and home
Magnum Photos, Inc., MSD Capital, L. P. and the Ransom Center announced a partnership under which the Magnum Archive Collection, which contains nearly 200,000 original press prints of images taken by world-renowned Magnum photographers, will be preserved, catalogued and made accessible by the Center.
