The Stanford University Libraries presented the exhibit, The Great Art of Knowing: The Baroque Encyclopedia of Athanasius Kircher. Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the renowned Jesuit's birth, the exhibit featured over 50 rare 17th and 18th century editions acquired by Stanford in 1998 from the collection of Ella and Bernard Mazel. The Great Art of Knowing was on view at Stanford University's Cecil H. Green Library, Peterson Gallery, from April 22 to July 22, 2001.