Bottles and Buildings

February 24, 2026–March 22, 2026

Jack & Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning

Colorful illustration of storefronts advertising liquor
Black-and-white photo of street with buildings with a large skyscraper under construction in the background

The Brosseau Learning Center features new installations monthly that relate to teaching and research across KU. This installation features objects selected for Global History of Architecture II: Industrial Revolution through the Present. It also includes items related to the distilling industry selected for the event Innovation in Action: Jayhawks Shaping a Traditional Industry on March 5 at the Spencer Research Library. The event is free but requires a reservation. 

Black-and-white photo of street with buildings with a large skyscraper under construction in the background
Black-and-white photo of street with buildings with a large skyscraper under construction in the background
Alfred Stieglitz
Old and New New York
1910
Black-and-white map of a city including rivers, streets, buildings, and a compass
Black-and-white map of a city including rivers, streets, buildings, and a compass
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Ichnographiam Campi Martii Antiquae Urbis ("Ichnographia," or Plan of the Campus Martius of the Ancient City)
1757
Black-and-white photo of a building partially hidden in shadow with a staircase and extreme angles
Black-and-white photo of a building partially hidden in shadow with a staircase and extreme angles
Stage set
circa 1918–1920s
Illustration of a woman in a green dress drinking from a small glass while a man in red kneels before her holding a bottle; the text "Prickly Ash Bitters" is in the top left
Illustration of a woman in a green dress drinking from a small glass while a man in red kneels before her holding a bottle; the text "Prickly Ash Bitters" is in the top left
A. Gast & Co. , A. Gast & Co.
trade card, Prickly Ash Bitters
late 1800s
Small drinking vessel made of yellow glass
Small drinking vessel made of yellow glass
glass
date unknown
Illustration of a man reading to two women and a young boy while an older man sleeps on a bed in the same room; the text "The Bible and Temperance." appears at the top
Illustration of a man reading to two women and a young boy while an older man sleeps on a bed in the same room; the text "The Bible and Temperance." appears at the top
Nathaniel T. Currier
The Bible and Temperance #410
1834–1857