Flow. It’s uncanny how well Tod Williams and Billie Tsien anticipated the many needs of the new Hood Museum during the design process that led up to the 2019 opening of the expanded and renovated building. Every day, the staff…
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Unlike the work of mathematicians, that of most museum staff is not meant to be seen. The results must instead appear effortless, almost as though the building itself manifested the art in the galleries without the help of human hands.…
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For three consecutive terms, Hood Museum staff worked with a Design Corps student team to revitalize student engagement with the museum. Through a comprehensive research and creative problem-solving process, Kiera Bernet ’23, Mallory Barnes ’22, Loane Bougennec ’25, and Danielle…
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The Hood Museum of Art is home to 65,000 objects, many of which were acquired by Dartmouth College long before the museum was even a thought in anyone’s mind. They were moved from building to building for decades, until they…
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Over the last five years, the Hood Museum of Art has been collaborating with the Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group, offering the galleries as a space for them to have periodic photoshoots. When the museum galleries are closed to visitors, Sugarplum…
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The Hood Museum of Art’s exhibition current exhibition, ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, traces the history of printmaking and the vital role Chicano graphics played in early social movements. The exhibition, originally…
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The Advancing Pathways grant is a distinctive project developing new synergies between the Hood Museum of Art and Dartmouth College Library. The grant sets a trajectory for long-term partnership through shared governance, linked technological infrastructure, and the creation of innovative…
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In early September, the Hood Museum of Art welcomed Mellon Fellow, Associate Professor African and African American Studies Trica Keaton who is also affiliate faculty in the Departments of Sociology and Film & Media Studies. With funding from the Andrew…
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One of the first things you discover as a visitor services guide is that anyone who enters the museum will quickly find several beautiful, fascinating, thought-provoking, and socially conscious works of art—there is no shortage of them within these walls.…
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The week following the June 24 US Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Hood Museum installed Guerrilla Girls Demand a Return to Traditional Values on Abortion. The Supreme Court’s decision to reverse a right previously…
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