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Virtual Bauhaus

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Museum of Art and History of Arts and Architecture
Explore the Bauhaus school in Dessau in virtual reality! Create a performance on the Bauhaus stage, make a sculpture in one of the school’s workshops, get a glimpse of student life, and explore the architecture of the Dessau building, inside and out. Free
Open to the Public

The Problem of Orphan Antiquities

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Museum of Art
Not wanting to encourage looting or risk repatriation claims, museums hesitate to acquire unprovenanced antiquities. But what happens to such objects currently in private hands? Elizabeth Marlowe, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Art and Director of the Museum Studies Minor at Colgate University, argues that academic museums are well positioned to address this conundrum. Lunch provided. Free

   

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Sarah Laursen, Gallery Talk: Collecting Asia

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Museum of Art
Sarah Laursen, Curator of Asian art and assistant professor of History of Art & Architecture, discusses the history of the Museum’s Reiff Gallery and its Asian art collection, as well as future directions in collecting and upcoming exhibitions.

Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art

Open to the Public

Opening Day: Votes...for Women?

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Museum of Art
While relatively few voices publicly questioned the prohibition against women voting in the decades following the country’s founding, most Americans did not wholeheartedly consider this question until the last century. This exhibit of vintage photographs, banners, and memorabilia coincides with the 100th anniversary of the campaign to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art, Christian A Johnson Memorial Gallery

Free
Open to the Public

Opening Day: MuseumLab

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Museum of Art
For this experiment in interdisciplinary learning, professors from across Middlebury’s curriculum have selected a diverse array of pieces from the museum’s collection. Visitors are invited to observe the reactions sparked when our “teaching laboratory” displays art supporting courses in religion, neuroscience, gender studies, political science, environmental studies, art history, biochemistry, and more. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art, Overbrook Gallery

Free
Open to the Public

Reiff Intern Talk: Jill Stauffer '19: Architecture at the Museum

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Museum of Art
As part of her Reiff Internship, Jill Stauffer, Architectural Studies ’19, will discuss her display of architectural images and related materials drawn from the permanent collection that are displayed at the museum’s balcony gallery. The talk will be followed by light refreshments and a visit to the museum to view the exhibition.

Mahaney Arts Center 125

Open to the Public

MuseumLab

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art
For this experiment in interdisciplinary learning, professors from across Middlebury’s curriculum have selected a diverse array of pieces from the museum’s collection. Visitors are invited to observe the reactions sparked when our “teaching laboratory” displays art supporting courses in religion, neuroscience, gender studies, political science, environmental studies, art history, biochemistry, and more. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art, Overbrook Gallery

Free
Open to the Public

MuseumLab

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art
For this experiment in interdisciplinary learning, professors from across Middlebury’s curriculum have selected a diverse array of pieces from the museum’s collection. Visitors are invited to observe the reactions sparked when our “teaching laboratory” displays art supporting courses in religion, neuroscience, gender studies, political science, environmental studies, art history, biochemistry, and more. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art, Overbrook Gallery

Free
Open to the Public