The Magic Object:  Prosperity & Protection in Antiquity
M-Level, Milton S. Eisenhower Library 
April 12 - September 30, 2007.  Extended through October 25.
Hours:  Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - Midnight,  Friday and Saturday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. - Midnight

Students enrolled in Creating a Museum Exhibition: The Magic Object are learning first-hand how to research and present an art exhibition.  Under the guidance of professors Eunice Dauterman Maguire and Henry Maguire, these undergraduates devote the first half of the spring semester to creating and designing a display of objects from the university’s Archaeological Collection.

Beginning in early April, the students will install the objects in the display cases on the library’s main level, with assistance from conservation staff from the Sheridan Libraries’ Preservation Department.

This collaborative effort between the Libraries and the new Museums & Society program is invaluable for the students as it gives them an opportunity to experience every aspect of creating an exhibition for display in a public setting. 

The Johns Hopkins Archaeological Collection comprises Greco-Roman and Near Eastern objects that extend from pre-dynastic Egypt into the Byzantine and Islamic periods.  It was established by Daniel Coit Gilman, Johns Hopkins’ first president.

An Isis-Aphrodite statuette, an object that represents a deity assimilating the Egyptian goddess with the Greek divinity, will be among the many intriguing items displayed.  The exhibition will run through September 30, 2007.