On October 21, Homewood Museum will open If Homewood’s Walls Could Talk: A History of an American House, a new exhibition exploring the house’s full 224-year history. Here’s a preview.
New Exhibition at Homewood Museum Tells House’s 224-Year History
A Reprise for Evergreen’s Steinway Baby Grand Model B Piano
What’s 89 years old and better than ever, thanks to a recent restoration? Evergreen’s Steinway and Sons Baby Grand Model B piano, of course!
Collection Connections: Reflections on My Attingham Summer School Experience
As the Curator of Collections for both of Johns Hopkins University’s historic house museums (Evergreen Museum & Library and Homewood Museum), the Attingham Summer School program gave me quite a bit to think about.
Let’s Talk Taxidermy at Evergreen Museum & Library!
Note: This blog post includes images and content related to the killing and preservation of animals for scientific and artistic purposes. “Fixed up museum. . . . I catalogued about […]
Evergreen’s New Installation Highlights Designs of Lèon Bakst and Materials from the Levy Collection
When artist and theatrical designer Lèon Bakst (Russian, 1866-1924) designed Evergreen Museum & Library’s Bakst Theatre in 1922-23, he did so as a gift to the house’s grande dame, Alice […]
New Raoul Dufy Installation at Evergreen Museum & Library
In the spring of 2023, Evergreen opened a new Student Engagement Space in what was previously a gallery space on the second floor of the main house. For many years, this […]
Spooky Season at JHU Museums
It’s the time of year when the weather cools, the leaves change, and people gather round to hear their favorite scary or odd stories. This year, the staff at JHU […]
JHU Museums’ Architectural Tour of Baltimore
The neighborhoods around Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library have changed greatly since the houses were constructed in 1801 and 1858, respectively. Both estates were used as country “villas” […]
Black History Month at Homewood: Honoring Enslaved People at Homewood Museum
The story of Homewood and slavery did not end when Harriet Carroll left Homewood in 1816, taking the Ross family with her to Philadelphia. Homewood remained in the hands of the Carroll family until 1838, during which time many of the individuals enslaved by Charles Carroll of Homewood were relocated to another Carroll estate, Doughoregan […]
Black History Month at Homewood: The Dining Room and the Politics of Plenty
In honor of Black History Month, JHU Museums’ curators have prepared a series of blog posts about the enslaved community at Homewood in the early 1800s. Today’s post examining the roles of enslaved workers in dining and entertaining at historic Homewood is the second post in a series of three. To read the first blog […]