Call for Applications! Museums and Society at JHU invites JHU faculty and BMA staff to apply for a fellowship and grant program intended to encourage the development of applied learning opportunities rooted in close collaboration between JHU and BMA staff. The program provides up to $6,000 per fiscal year. Rolling deadline, but we encourage applying […]
News & Events Archive
4/29: Public History at JHU: Collaboration and Possibility
The Department of History, Program in Museums and Society, and Sheridan Libraries and Museums is pleased to invite you to a convening exploring public history at JHU. We aim to share ongoing work by JHU staff, faculty, students, and alumni of varied disciplines in the realm of public history; discuss resources and challenges; foster collaboration across […]
Study Day at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Please join us for a study day organized in conjunction with the Baltimore Museum of Art’s exhibition Watershed: Transforming the Landscape in Early Modern Dutch Art on Thursday, May 1, 2025, 2-4:30pm, Gilman Hall 132, Johns Hopkins University. Open to the public.
Oral History Visit with Mayor Brandon Scott
Students in the course Archiving Today’s Stories meet with Mayor Brandon Scott to interview him about Baltimore’s Confederate monuments as part of the class oral history project.
Behind the Scenes at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Students from the Spring 2025 course Greening the Museum (part of an ongoing collaboration between the Program in Museums and Society and the Baltimore Museum of Art) learn about the physical plant of the museum.
12/10: Undergraduate Study Break
Need a change of scenery while you study for exams or wish to have a quick break?Stop by the Homewood Museum’s Wine Cellar, on Tuesday, Dec. 10th, between 11am-2pm, for coffee, bagels, and pastries! Relax or study (and feel free to bring a friend)! (Courtesy of the Program in Museums & Society)
The Stein Way
Gabrielle Dean, alongside students in Fall 2023 course AS.389.326, created the exhibition, “Gertrude Stein in Circles: Spheres of Life and Writing,” which is on display at the George Peabody Library through March 2, 2025.
10/25: URSCA Conducting Object-Based Research at the Museum and Beyond
October 25, 2024, 10am-11amBaltimore Museums of Art Study Room As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), the Baltimore Museum of Art will offer a workshop on conducting object-based research. Led by the BMA’s Assistant Curator of Academic Engagement, Dr. Robin Joyce, and Director of Conservation, Linda Owen, this workshop will provide guidance on engaging with […]
9/12: Ice Cream Social
Welcome back to the new academic year! The Museums & Society program invites you to our ice cream social on Thursday, September 12th, in front of the Homewood Museum, from 1-3pm.
Researchers Track Ancestors of Unknown Enslaved People in Maryland
Congratulations to our friends at the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society on their landmark DNA study of skeletal remains from the African burial ground which offers new ways for people to find their ancestors there, which was featured on NPR. In 2017 students from Museums and Society contributed to the founding exhibits for the Catoctin Furnace […]