Assignment Ideas in Special Collections

ANALYZE OBJECTS

Students interacting with collections materials
Assign Formal / Technical Analysis and Research of Objects

Other visit ideas 

FRIDAY FINDS PRESENTATIONS

Maria Shellman (BMC '18) discusses African collections materials
Assign a Public Presentation

Expressing the Inexpressible: Trauma & Resilience through Comics 360
Assign a Physical Display or Online Component

Examples of Digital Exhibitions

  •  (Scalar)

  • (WordPress)

  •  (SquareSpace)

  •  (Google Tour Builder)

  •  (Knight Labs/Story Maps)

Apply to Display Digital Exhibitions 

Class Blog Examples

EXHIBITION-BASED SEMINARS

Mirrors & Masks Catalogue and Gallery Installation
Build your syllabus around production of an exhibition

Use Primary Sources

Classes from any discipline may reserve the Coombe Suite Seminar Room (Canaday 205). Interested faculty should contact Special Collections staff two weeks prior to the visit.

Explore a course concept or theme

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Canaday Library in the snow.

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