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Intern InsightsLotus Shoes
The Stories of Chinese Women and American Women MissionariesThe Almara History in Museums and Stomberg Curatorial intern Keyang Zhao ’25 explores the history of footbinding and missionaries in China by looking into lotus shoes at the art museum.
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MultimediaI Keep Dreaming that Dream
The Life and Creative Genius of Mary Lee BendolphVideo recording of a lecture by Dr. Alvia J. Wardlaw, Professor of Art History and Director/Curator of the University Museum, Texas Southern University
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Objects of Our AffectionSkinner Weird II
Associate Curator of Visual and Material Culture Aaron Miller is back with another list of ten delightfully strange objects from the collection of the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum. This time, see if you can match his amusing descriptions with the objects. And don’t miss out on a visit to the Skinner Museum before it closes for the season!
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Intern Insights, Objects of Our AffectionSmall Wonder: A 16th-Century German Pomander
Curatorial Intern Madeline Ketley ’17 recently catalogued materials from the Fellows Collection of Silver and Snuff Bottles, a gift to MHCAM in 1986 from Josephine Purtscher Fellows (Class of 1924). In the newest installment of the blog series Objects of Our Affection, Ketley reveals the history and allure of a tiny silver pomander from this collection. Read on to discover the secrets contained in this delicate 16th-century object.
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Objects of Our AffectionSkinner Weird
Last month, a blogger for OnlyInYourState.com deemed Mount Holyoke’s Joseph Allen Skinner Museum the number one weirdest place in Massachusetts. Aaron F. Miller, MHCAM’s Associate Curator of Visual and Material Culture, takes the opportunity to explore the top 10 weirdest objects in the Skinner Museum collection. A mummified wedding cake? A Teddy Roosevelt nutcracker? Read on to learn about these wondrous oddities!