Mission

Johns Hopkins University Campus Collection will enrich the intellectual and cultural life of the university with visual art and material culture of diverse styles, perspectives and identities, and objects that represent university history.

Scope of Collection

The Collection numbers over 4,500 objects ranging from the historic portrait collection to monumental outdoor sculptures to works of art on paper. It includes commissioned site-specific public art, furniture, scientific apparatus, commemorative medals, and ceremonial objects. Objects are located in buildings and on grounds on the campuses of Homewood, Peabody Institute, the Carey Business School, and in Washington D.C. The Collection does not include objects that are part of the three separately curated university museums or the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus.

Purpose of the Collection

The Campus Collection benefits University divisions, departments, and schools by:

  • actively collecting objects that support faculty teaching and research interests;
  • providing access to materials for object-based courses, internships, research, and exhibition;
  • stewarding and interpreting art and material culture that enhances and activates public spaces, including objects that memorialize University history.

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Buster, Kendall, “Vessel Field”

University Collections, Johns Hopkins University
NYC Kids at Play, Harlem by Erika Stone
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Stuart and Ellen Katchis Collection

Gift of Stuart and Ellen Katchis

The Stuart and Ellen Katchis multi-year gift is a thoughtfully assembled collection of photographs with themes including war and the military, labor, nature, urban street life, portraiture, and theater/film subjects, and will serve as a primary teaching resource for studio photography, history, film studies, global post-war history, classes on colonialism, civil rights, economics, urban studies, and history of art. It presents significant opportunities to organize in-depth research exhibitions around groups of images. Since 2018 the Stuart and Ellen Katchis have generously donated 360 photographs.

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Woman on Bench sculpture
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George Segal, “Woman with Sunglasses on a Bench”

Gift of Donna and Carroll Janis Family; JH2010.2.1

George Segal, "Woman with Sunglasses on a Bench"; 1983-1987; bronze figure with white patina, cast iron and found and painted aluminum New York City park bench; artist's proof from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs

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Self-Portrait photo
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Nakeya Brown, “Self-Portrait”

Art Purchase Fund, Office of the President; JH2018.6.1

Nakeya Brown, "Self-Portrait"; 2016; inkjet color print from the series entitled "Gestures of my Bio-myth”

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Red Sails sculpture
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John Henry, “Red Sails”

Gift of Becky G. and Ralph S. O’Connor

John Henry, “Red Sails” painted steel, 2011

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Art Review Panel

The decisions about the acceptance, selection and siting of art and material culture placed in public locations are made by the Art Review Panel. The Panel includes the Dean of Libraries & Museums (Chair), a trustee, the Curator of Cultural Properties, a representative from the Office of Gift Planning, Facilities & Real Estate, directors from the Program in Museums and Society, and Homewood Art Workshops, and a faculty member of the Department of History of Art. Guest consultants are added on an ad hoc basis drawn from colleague institutions and the cultural community.