Harry Ransom Center
One of the world’s finest cultural institutions, the Harry Ransom Center presents exhibitions drawn from its collections of literature, art, photography, performing arts, and film. A rare Gutenberg Bible and the First Photograph are on permanent display in the lobby.

In spring/summer 2008, the Ransom Center Galleries will feature the following exhibitions:

On the Road with the Beats
February 5 - August 3, 2008
An exhibition tracing the travels of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and their friends across America and the globe. Manuscripts, books, photographs, and visual art from the Ransom Center's collections tell the story of the Beat Generation and the literary and social revolution they inspired.

Jess: To and From the Printed Page
February 12 - April 6, 2008
An exhibition focusing on the influential San Francisco artist known as "Jess" (Burgess Collins) that explores his ongoing dialogue between visual images and printed text. Imaginative collage works and paintings derived from poetry, literary classics, and even the Sunday comics are featured.

Scroll Manuscript of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road
March 7 - June 1, 2008
Kerouac typed this famous first draft over the course of three weeks in 1951. See the first 48 feet of the 120-foot manuscript during the scroll's only stop in Texas.

Inside El Salvador
April 17 - August 3, 2008
A photography exhibition that chronicles the height of the civil war in El Salvador in the early 1980s and depicts those directly involved with the conflict, including the guerilla forces and the army, and the war's effects on the civilian population.

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Free docent-led tours of the exhibitions occur on Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m.

The Ransom Center welcomes groups and school field trips. To schedule your visit, please visit the website or call 512-475-8086.

Paid parking is available in the Dobie Center parking garage on the corner of 21st and Whitis and in various nearby surface lots. Information about University-operated parking garages and shuttle service routes is available online. Limited street parking is available in the neighborhood west of Guadalupe Street. Capital Metro offers several bus routes that stop near the Ransom Center, including 1M, 1L, and the Orange and Red Dillos.

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The Ransom Center is free and open to the public.

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Corner of 21st and Guadalupe Streets
on The University of Texas at Austin campus
(512) 471-8944
Tues, Wed, Fri. 10-5
Thur 10-7
Sat-Sun 12-5

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