From the Collection A Room Apart: Reading the History and Future of Winterthur in Memorial Library

What do libraries and museums have in common? What sets them apart? Should rare books be treated primarily as text-based information sources or as material things with artifactual value? This case study of Memorial Library, a room in Winterthur Museum that houses a substantial book collection, lends historical nuance to these pressing questions facing library science and museum studies by examining the lives and legacies of Winterthur figures H. A. and H. F. du Pont through the lenses of the room, its books, and the history of du Pont family book and decorative art collecting.