The Search for the Ideal Society in the Western World, features Adam and Eve as the coming attraction in Eden, a sidewalk wheeler-dealer selling nooses, two archaeologists excavating the Chrysler Building, and, in an updated version of Gulliver's Travels, a surprised astronaut who finds himself tied to the moon and surrounded by tiny aliens. Admission is free. A collection of more than 100 drawings by Charles Addams was donated to the Library's Manuscripts Division in 1991 by The Lady Colyton and Marilyn Addams. A rotating selection of the works is displayed on an ongoing basis. The care and exhibition of the Addams drawings are supported by an endowment established through a gift from The Lady Colyton.
Admission is free.