By: Richard Saunders, Museum Director and Professor of History of Art and Architecture In the past year the Museum was able to acquire a stunning neoclassical marble portrait tondo carved in 1862 in Rome. What is particularly notable about the relief i……Continue Reading Vergennes to Boston to Rome: A Neoclassical Marble Portrait by Vermont-born Sculptor Margaret Foley
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Meaningful Juxtapositions: Reshaping our Permanent Collection Galleries
Since, as a result of pandemic safety measures, the Museum is physically closed to the public until March of 2021, our staff are taking advantage of the continued closure to rethink substantially the ways in which we contextualize and display objects a……Continue Reading Meaningful Juxtapositions: Reshaping our Permanent Collection Galleries
Race in the Woman Suffrage Movement: What the Sources Reveal and Conceal
By: Amy Morsman, Professor of History This time last year, the Museum opened a new exhibition entitled “Votes…for Women?” I served as curator of that exhibit, but I had considerable help, not only from an extraordinary team of talented museum pro……Continue Reading Race in the Woman Suffrage Movement: What the Sources Reveal and Conceal
Before and After Stonewall: Queer Stories Throughout American History
This fall in the Library Atrium, view Special Collections’ new exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, an event that sparked the movement for equal rights for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Curated by Suria Vanrajah ’22, the exhibit presents a timeline illustrating the increased visibility and acceptance of queer literature in America. […]…Continue Reading Before and After Stonewall: Queer Stories Throughout American History
Portrait of an Inventor: Middlebury College Museum of Art welcomes daguerreotype of acclaimed local, John Deere.
19th century inventor, John Deere, sits proudly on top of his plow in this new edition to Middlebury College Museum of Art’s prominent daguerreotype collection. The daguerreotype is being prepped for it’s debut in the museum’s upcoming exhibition, American Faces: … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Portrait of an Inventor: Middlebury College Museum of Art welcomes daguerreotype of acclaimed local, John Deere.
Portrait of an Inventor: Middlebury College Museum of Art welcomes daguerreotype of acclaimed local, John Deere.
19th century inventor, John Deere, sits proudly on top of his plow in this new edition to Middlebury College Museum of Art’s prominent daguerreotype collection. The daguerreotype is being prepped for it’s debut in the museum’s upcomin……Continue Reading Portrait of an Inventor: Middlebury College Museum of Art welcomes daguerreotype of acclaimed local, John Deere.
Good Things to Eat! A new exhibition at the Davis Family Library
Good Things to Eat: Recipes and Communities from 1827 to the Present Join Emily Bogin ’16, guest curator, for an exhibition talk Friday August 1, 2014, in the Library atrium. The talk will begin shortly after 11:00am. Visit the Special Collections & Archives blog to learn more. …Continue Reading Good Things to Eat! A new exhibition at the Davis Family Library