We actively collect, borrow, and loan objects to support faculty teaching and research interests and provide access to materials for object-based courses, internships, and exhibition.

Opportunities include access to materials for hands-on “laboratory” experiences that introduce students to object conservation, research on the provenance of an object, and writing for exhibitions.

We invite proposals for innovative and engaging ways to share and interpret the collection, often in partnership with the Program in Museums and Society.

Artist Joyce J. Scott leading a class.
Artist Joyce J. Scott leading a discussion with student curators who sited and interpreted Ancestry Doll 1.
Conservation class.
Introduction to Conservation class examining campus and museum collections
Student with scientific instruments
Researching scientific instruments.
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Featured Project

Provenance Research

JHU Office of Cultural Properties researches and produces information to clarify the provenance of objects in its holdings, identify unlawfully appropriated works, and seek to redress past losses.

Visit the Provenance Research online collection to view the list of works currently under research.

Explore the Collection

Campus Collection Objects used for Teaching, Research, Interpretation and Exhibition

scott sculpture

Joyce J. Scott’s Ancestry Doll 1

Reading Room

Homewood Stories & Archaeology of Knowledge Audio Tours

mural of women talking

Shriver Hall Murals

person placing item in museum case

Zelda Fitzgerald: Choreography in Color

silver decorative objects

Motifs in Jewish Art

poster for exhibition of silver items

To Glorify and to Sanctify: The Crown Motif in Jewish Ritual and Art

silver decorative item

The Five Senses and Jewish Ritual Objects

case with decorative objects in it

A Handsome Museum: Selections From the Henry Sonneborn Collection