A new exhibition at the Homewood Museum features the work of students in Prof. Dora Malech’s First-Year Seminar course, “Bringing the Past to Life with Poetry.” The class, a collaboration between the Krieger First-Year Seminars, the Writing Seminars, and the Homewood Museum, has culminated in History Through Poetry, an exhibition inspired by the museum’s collection.
History Through Poetry
December 11, 2024 – August 31, 2025
Free for all
Installed throughout Homewood Museum’s period rooms, this exhibition features new original poems inspired by the collection. Considering decorative arts and material culture while honoring the lives of the enslaved people who once lived and worked at Homewood, the poems bridge creative imagination with historic research to bring paintings, furnishings, and other artifacts to life for visitors. The exhibition is the culmination of a Johns Hopkins First-Year Seminar that explores the study and practice of poetry to bring to light overlooked stories and give voice to the voiceless, materializing meaning out of absences and questions.
The exhibition is open to the public during regular museum hours, Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. No advance registration required.
