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.
News & Announcements Archive
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. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1191914142 In 2017 students from Museums and Society contributed to the founding exhibits for the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society’s Museum of the […]
5/2: Study Break at the Evergreen Museum
Relax during Reading Week at the Evergreen Museum! Thursday, May 2 from 11am-3pm Shuttles will leave from Mason Hall, on the hour, beginning at 11am. Final shuttle will depart from Evergreen at 3pm. Whether it’s a relaxing study break or a much needed change of scenery, spend some time in Evergreen Museum & Library’s Student […]
4/30: Study Break at the Homewood Museum
Attention Undergrads! Are you in need of a space to study for exams away from the hubbub on campus? Stop by the Homewood Museum Wine Cellar for a tasty treat and feel free to stay, relax, and get your study on! April 30, from 1:30-3:30pm, in the Homewood Museum Wine Cellar
Plaster awarded the 2024 Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction
Congratulations to M&S instructor, Joseph Plaster, on being awarded the 2024 Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, presented by the Publishing Triangle, for his book, “Kids on the Street: Queer Kinship and Religion in San Francisco’s Tenderloin”! The Publishing Triangle is a group of queer folks who work to further the publication of books and […]
2/2: Info Session – Hopkins Semester in D.C.: Humanities in the Public Sphere
INFO SESSION Friday, Feb. 2, from 12-1pm on Zoom (519 522 0577). PRIORITY DEADLINE FOR FALL 2024 semester is February 4 @ 11:59pm (link)
Coffee Break at the Homewood Museum
Attention Undergrads! Are you in need of a space to study for exams away from the hubbub on campus? Stop by the Homewood Museum Wine Cellar for a tasty treat and feel free to stay, relax, and get your study on! December 12th from 11am-2pm
College Night at the BMA
Join us for an evening of stress-free art-making, tasty treats, and exploration of an inspiring show! 6pm on November 30that the Baltimore Museum of Art (10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD) Includes free admission to the ticketed exhibition, Making Her Mark, for students with a valid student ID.
M&S Ice Cream Social
Welcome back to the new academic year! The Museums & Society program invites you to our ice cream social on Wednesday, September 13th, in front of the Homewood Museum, from 3-5pm.
Kendra Brewer wins the Beinecke Scholarship
Congrats to Museums & Society minor, Kendra Brewer, on winning the Beinecke Scholarship! From The Hub: For rising senior Kendra Brewer, our understanding of the Indigenous Americas leaves too much in the past. “Obsessed” with research from a young age, Brewer pursued her passion for Mesoamerican and Indigenous art history but kept running into the […]