It is often said that the Johns Hopkins University Museums are laboratories of learning. Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library certainly lived up to that reputation in 2023, hosting […]
Meet Our First-Year Fellows: Maneeza Khan on Early Student Records
Enjoy this post by Maneeza Khan, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. My eyes widened in awe as I read the impressive accomplishments of […]
In Memoriam: Remembering Sylvia Eggleston Wehr
Dear Friends, On behalf of the Sheridan Libraries & University Museums, I express our profound sadness at the passing on Sunday of Sylvia Eggleston Wehr, the trailblazing development doyenne who […]
Homewood Museum’s Historic Privy: Renovation and Reconsideration
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 […]
On the Road With a JH Alum: Bruce Wade and the Legacy of Johns Hopkins Geology
[Today’s post is written by a classmate of mine, Dr. Patricia Maurice. A 1982 graduate of Hopkins, Patricia is a professor emerita in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering […]
Meet our Freshman Fellows: Amy Li on Coeducation
Enjoy this post by Amy Li, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year! Welcome to my first blog post! My name is Amy Li, and […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Katherine Budinger on Hopkins Yearbooks through History
Enjoy this post by Katherine Budinger, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year! Hello! I am Katherine Budinger, and I have dedicated my time over […]
99 Years Ago Today: At the Intersection of Hopkins History and Family History
On March 28, 1923, my great-grandfather, John Edgar Shilling, died on the Homewood campus at age thirty-three. He was not employed by the university, nor was he a student. According […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Katherine Budinger on Yearbooks
Enjoy this post by Katherine Budinger, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year! “When we think of the time, money, and effort engulfed by one […]
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 […]