Connections Exhibit Celebration

This exhibit showcases special collections held or displayed by Emory University and close collaborators — 16 libraries, museums, and other organizations that collect, preserve, or foster the use of objects to increase knowledge, spark curiosity, encourage discovery, and promote creativity.

Guest speakers will include Valeda F. Dent, vice provost of libraries and museum; Henry S. Kim, associate vice provost and director of the Carlos Museum; Kathy Dixson, exhibitions manager, and Kim Collins, associate university librarian of Research, Engagement, and Scholarly Communications.

6:00 – 6:30 Exhibit open for viewing

6:30 – 7:00 Welcome by Dr. Valeda Dent

“The Power of Objects” by Henry Kim

Introduction of the exhibit partners by Kim Collins and Kathy Dixson

7:00 – 8:00 Reception and exhibit viewing

“Connections: The Power of Objects” is on view October 20, 2022, through January 8, 2023, in the Corridor Gallery on Level 3 of Emory’s Woodruff Library.

Our thanks to the exhibiting partners:

Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program

Balser Art Collection at Emory University's Goizueta Business School

David J. Sencer CDC Museum

Emory Center for Digital Scholarship

Emory Herbarium

Emory Law Archives, Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library

Emory's Public Art Collection

Historical Collections at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library

Michael C. Carlos Museum

Oxford College Library Special Collections

Pitts Theology Library Special Collections

Science Gallery Atlanta

Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

The Hatchery, Emory Center for Innovation