On October 23 – 29, 2023, Johns Hopkins Libraries will celebrate International Open Access Week with libraries and researchers across the world. This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization,” emphasizing […]
Open Access Week 2023
Celebrate Spooky Season at Our Vintage Halloween Spectacular!
The friendly ghosts of the Brody Learning Commons have pleasantly haunted our dreams, demanding a Vintage Halloween Spectacular in Special Collections! Off to our 1940s Ouija Board we went, determining […]
Hopkins Students Participate in the Peabody Ballroom Experience
The ballroom scene is a nearly century-old performance-based culture composed primarily of queer, lesbian, trans, and gender non-conforming artists of color. Recently popularized by the television show Pose, ballroom consists […]
Read It & Eat It Is Awaiting Your Edible Book Entry!
Have you ever read Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera and upon coming to the passage in which Erik declares to “have tasted all the happiness the world can […]
JHU Museums Year in Review: Meet the New Staffers
The past year was one of great activity and change at the Johns Hopkins University Museums. Much of that energy was derived from new staff members and new positions for […]
Shop the Gift Shops at Evergreen and Homewood This Holiday Season
The gift shops at Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library are great destinations for holiday shopping! And this weekend, during the museums’ respective open houses, JHU faculty, staff, and […]
Food for Fines Library Food Drive
Turn your overdue books into food for the hungry, May 9-24 The Sheridan Libraries are partnering with the Hopkins community to provide selected food items for those in need while […]
Exhibit Spotlight: Hoen Lithograph Co.
Grace Notes in American History: 200 Years of Songs from the Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection is currently on view at the George Peabody Library. The exhibit, which runs through […]
Romancing the Comic Book Now on View!
While iconic characters like Batman and Spider-Man were mesmerizing readers with their dual identities and crime-fighting ways, an alternate comic book timeline was booming, featuring the adventures of airline stewardess […]
Grace Notes in American History
We are excited to announce the opening of a new exhibition at the George Peabody Library: Grace Notes in American History– 200 Years of Songs from the Lester S Levy […]