Art History 301FS - Origins of College Collections

The seminar explores the early history of liberal arts college collections and the pioneering women who founded them. Research in the college archives and museum and department files will supply answers to how and when marble sculpture, plaster casts, and scientific specimens came to Mount Holyoke. The course illuminates a major, forgotten role of women in shaping of the liberal arts in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Final projects will culminate in a virtual exhibition and WordPress site that will be linked to museum and department websites.

Prereq: 8 credits in Art History.