Dear Inklings,
Hope you’ll be able to make this amazing event.
See you there!

To get tickets and for more information: www.sheencenter.org/shows/tolkien/

The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
Venue: The Loreto Theater

Presented by The Sheen Center and The Morgan Library & Museum

Tickets: $20

*Student rush tickets will be available an hour before the event for $10 with a valid current student ID

Get a behind-the-scenes look at “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth,” the most extensive public display of original Tolkien material for several generations, running from January 25 – May 12, 2019 at The Morgan Library & Museum.

Explore this landmark exhibition with John T. McQuillen, Ph.D., Associate Curator of Printed Books & Bindings and organizing curator of the exhibit for the Morgan Library, and Holly Ordway, Ph.D., Professor of English at Houston Baptist University and author of the forthcoming book Tolkien’s Modern Sources: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages. Moderated by Corey Olsen, Ph.D., the “Tolkien Professor” and President of Signum University.

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” With these words the Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien ignited a fervid spark in generations of readers. From the children’s classic The Hobbit to the epic The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien’s adventurous tales of hobbits and elves, dwarves and wizards, have introduced millions to the rich history of Middle-earth. Going beyond literature, Tolkien’s Middle-earth is a world complete with its own languages and histories. Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth celebrates the man and his (sub)creation.

Drawn from the collections of the Tolkien Archive at the Bodleian Library (Oxford), Marquette University Libraries (Milwaukee), the Morgan, and private lenders, the exhibition will include family photographs and memorabilia, Tolkien’s original illustrations, maps, draft manuscripts, and designs related to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.