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University Museums University of Delaware
Email: universitymuseums@udel.edu www.udel.edu/museums Hours Closed during University breaks and holidays Admission Parking
University Museums Mission Mechanical Hall The African American art collection at UD today includes the founding Paul R. Jones gift, an impressive survey of prints from the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia, and important photographs by P.H. Polk. The gallery in Mechanical Hall offers changing exhibitions of African American Art and related topics. In addition to gallery space, the building houses a print room for the use of those studying objects in the collection. Built in 1898, Mechanical Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its purpose changed throughout the twentieth century, serving as an engineering building, an athletic training center, a residence for GI's returning to school after World War II, and a ROTC building. The Old College Gallery Highlights on view include significant works by Brandywine School artists Howard Pyle, Stanley Arthurs, Frank Schoonover, and N.C. Wyeth; Pre-Columbian and Southwest Native American ceramics and American sculpture and painting of the 20th century. A select collection of Russian icons from the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is also on view. In addition to the permanent exhibition, the Old College Gallery features changing exhibitions, focusing on works from the Permanent Collection as well as loan exhibitions. Recent and upcoming exhibitions include: Andy Warhol: Behind the Camera The Mineralogical Museum A grant from the Crystal Trust enabled the University to move the collection from the University Library to a new facility in Penny Hall in the early 1970s. Mrs. David S. Craven, a niece of Irenée du Pont, for many years provided annual funds for acquisitions and for care of the collection, which has grown in size and in quality over the years with the support of David A. Byers, Frederick A. Keidel, Alvin B. Stiles and other generous donors. The Mineralogical Museum supports the programs of the University, provides educational resources for regional schools and attracts mineral enthusiasts. The Museum was renovated in 2009 and displays approximately 450 specimens with a focus on crystallized minerals, including gem minerals, classics from early European and American localities and specimens from significant recent discoveries.
Our Strength is Our People: The Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine Responding to What is Alive Before You: The Photography of Levinstein and Fink Problem Solving: Highlights from the Experimental Printmaking Institute |
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