# @utaustintx on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce6dOQxOB9Q
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18664085-utaustintx-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-06-17T16:38:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UT Austin (@utaustintx) — https://gondola.cc/utaustintx

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Take your mind on an adventure at the Ransom Center (ransomcenter) on our campus. Step inside, and you’ll see the first photograph, one of only 20 complete copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the world, original works by Frida Kahlo and more.

And as an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum, the ransomcenter deepens the understanding and appreciation of literature, photography, film, art and the performing arts.

With collections including nearly 1 million books, more than 42 million manuscripts, 5 million photographs and 100,000 works of art, the ransomcenter provides unique insight into the creative process of some of the world’s finest writers and artists. And as an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum, the ransomcenter deepens the understanding and appreciation of literature, photography, film, art and the performing arts.

Highlights from the ransomcenter’s collections also include Robert De Niro's archive of scripts, notes, costumes, and props; E. E. Cummings's wooden paint box; manuscript drafts by Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing; Jack Kerouac's notebook documenting his writing of On the Road; the Gernsheim Collection, containing some of the world's finest examples of photographic art and science; some of Albert Einstein's unpublished notes and calculations for his work on general relativity; and, Gabriel García Márquez's manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, and more.

The ransomcenter’s exhibition galleries are open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

#MuseumWeek #MuseumWeek2022

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