UD Museums

University of Delaware Museums include Old College Gallery | Mechanical Hall Gallery | Mineralogical Museum. Closed for summer. Visit us when we reopen Sept. 6

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DELPHI Alumnus Galina Olmsted has curated a new exhibit featuring a gift of 50 prints from @LafCol and masterpieces from @UDelMuseums - View through May 11th, and come to the reception on March 5th for a gallery conversation! https://t.co/hNsvFo9nBX

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Interested in the #materialculture of WWI uniforms? Join us in Old College this Sat. (10/21) for a discussion! https://t.co/u4AfGwQyVc

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Join us from 5-7 pm tomorrow for a reception to celebrate our Contemporary Chinese Carvings exhibition! https://t.co/Yerd6iDRFi

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Tomorrow at 5 pm, join us for a reception celebrating our Faces in Black and White exhibition. For info, see https://t.co/kDkFeecPVS

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The lights are on and our exhibitions are open! Check out what's on view in the museums: https://t.co/qqil2RVsCL

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Spotted: an ineffective #rain hat on this poor #camel. Stay dry out there today, #udel! (detail of ink drawing, artist unknown)

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@oponiak Indeed, our watermelon tourmaline came from a mine in Maine. Glad you like it!

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William Zorach drew sketches of #cats on stationery from the Brooklyn studio where he & wife Marguerite worked #artists #InternationalCatDay

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For #NationalWatermelonDay here's something different: a watermelon Elbaite (Tourmaline) from our collection. #Mineral #geology

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It's #BastilleDay in France! Here's photographer Francis Frith's #19thc view of one of the most iconic landmarks in #Paris: #NotreDame

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Today's the last day of summer session 1. Here's one more look at works from our collection that #udel students studied this term

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Viewing the #stereograph through a stereoscope (not pictured) makes the image appear three-dimensional.

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A stereograph showing canal locks on the Erie Canal in Lockport, NY. Locks like these help boats to traverse the canal. Late 19c/early 20c

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Rembrandt van Rijn's 1633 etching The Descent from the Cross

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A tiny #Egyptian sarcophagus for a mummified shrew (shrew #mummy not included). Probably from around 600-300 BCE

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Recently we've been showing off our collections to #Udel Summer Session students. Here are a few of the objects they examined up close...

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Museums galleries are closed for summer. But don't fret: you can see "Victorian Passions" at @UDSpecColl until 6/30 https://t.co/H2WOSJ4jTN

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Planning to visit our "American Graphic" or "So What Have We Learned" exhibitions? You only have one more week! Exhibitions close 5/12.

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Spotted: someone playing guitar in Old College Gallery. Thanks @AndyBozanic for today's great gallery talk on the music of the New Deal! 🎤🎼🎸

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Interested in #music, #art, or #history? (Or all three?) Come hear "The Soundtrack of the New Deal" tomorrow (Thurs 4/27) at noon. #udel