The Worlds of Words joins a number of museums and collections on the University of Arizona campus for Museum Day!

Cultural institutions including museums, special collections and centers across U of A campuses are participating in a celebration for the community. Participating venues will have free or reduced admissions. This includes Worlds of Words!

Explore the Worlds of Words 2026 spring exhibit, Literary Identities. This exhibit, which features the De Natura Libris project, asks you to consider your own connections to reading.

“While public media overemphasizes the mechanics of reading, this exhibit highlights our identities and joy as readers — how we view ourselves as a reader, what we enjoy reading, where we like to read and what stories have changed our lives,” says Kathy Short, director of Worlds of Words and Regents Professor.

In addition to guided tours and activities around the exhibit, the center will display a small curated set of art from our archives that enhance the exhibit and art from illustrators who presented at this year’s Tucson Festival of Books. Additional projects from patrons will be on display as well.

Website forthcoming for more information about other campus sites offering tours and other programming for U of A Museum Day.

To request disability-related accommodations that would ensure your full participation in this event, please email wow@arizona.edu or call 520.621.9340.

Event details may change. More information to follow.