Into the Stacks: Precious Plastics
Date: Friday, April 24, 2026
Time: 7–9pm
Location: The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue
Plastics are everywhere today, but there was a time when they were rare, experimental, and even luxurious. Silvia Manrique Tamayo, assistant director of collections and conservator, and Nathaniel Sandler, director of Bookleggers Library, draw from the Wolfsonian collection as they explore both how early plastics helped shape the modern world and the present-day race to preserve them.
$10, $5 for members and FIU faculty/students | Tickets
Banner image: Radio, Cyarts Deluxe, c. 1946. Cyarts Plastics, Inc., New York City, manufacturer. The Wolfsonian–FIU, Gift from the George R. Kravis II Collection.
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