Lunch with the Libraries & Museums - The Curatorial Mind: An Inside Look at the Conception of an Exhibition

Presented in partnership with Lifelong Learning and Hopkins at Home, Lunch with the Libraries & Museums is a series of free, online, public lectures through which staff from the Sheridan Libraries & University Museums discuss ongoing research, teaching, and curatorial work.

Join Hopkins Museums Advisory Board Chair Beth Felder and her daughter, Grace, for a special virtual tour of Homewood Museum led by Curator of Collections Michelle Fitzgerald. 

As the United States prepares to turn 250 years old and Johns Hopkins University celebrates its 150th anniversary, Ms. Fitzgerald will discuss her forthcoming exhibition marking these milestones, If Homewood’s Walls Could Talk: A History of An American House. Opening October 21, 2025 and running through January 10, 2027, the exhibition will reflect on what has changed over the course of Homewood’s history and how the stories of one house connect to larger narratives about the university and nation. Viewers will also gain insight into Ms. Fitzgerald’s approach to exhibition development and her curatorial process. A live Q&A will follow the pre-recorded broadcast.

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