Throughout the summer and fall of 2022, carpenters, masons, and painters worked to restore the interior of Homewood Museum’s historic privy. Built between 1801 and 1804, when construction on the […]
Juneteenth
To all of our students, staff, faculty, family, and friends, we wish you a happy Juneteenth! For anyone unfamiliar with the celebration, June 19th, or Juneteenth, is a significant holiday […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Victoria Popoola on Translating Untranslated Works
Enjoy this post by Victoria Popoola, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year! Hello! My name is Victoria Popoola, and I am studying Mechanical Engineering […]
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 […]
Researching BlacFax and the Importance of Black History Board Games
Researching BlacFax and the Importance of Black history Board Games By Dionna Gant As part of the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award (DURA) program, I worked during the summer of 2022 […]
The Willie Lee Rose Papers: The Public and The Personal
Historian Willie Lee Rose (1927-2018) is well known for her contributions to the study of Reconstruction in post-Civil War America, as well as her advocacy for women in the academic […]