See a Gutenberg Bible and the Earliest Surviving Photo for Free
Free admission to rare milestones in print and photography at UT Austin's Ransom Center.
📖 Two Originals Under One Roof
The Gutenberg Bible lies open at the Ransom Center, turned to a hand-illuminated page from the mid 1450s. The copy is one of only twenty complete copies in the world that survive intact, with red and blue initials added by hand after printing.
The Niépce heliograph is a pewter plate exposed in 1827, the earliest photograph made through a camera obscura that survives. It will not be on view from 15 April through early July 2027.
Both sit in a building where admission is free, alongside rotating special exhibitions assembling hundreds of rare cultural artifacts. Galleries open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, closed Mondays.
