Museum Exhibits

 

 

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Coming Soon 

Dystopian Hamster Wheel:
A Critical Look at Black History in the United States 

Exhibit Dates: Friday, February 2nd, 2024 – Thursday, February 29th, 2024

Opening Reception: Friday, February 2nd, 2024  2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Dr. Eric Atkinson of the English Department has curated the collection. The displayed pieces are the personal artifacts of the Atkinson family and are meant to show not only where African American history touches and impacts what is typically understood to be the American historical narrative, but also how history is personal—not just dates, names, and locations—but acknowledging perspectives, attitudes, and biases that are actively being repeated. In other words, because there is a personal connection with history, these pieces are examples of moments, snapshots in time, that allow us to understand the legacy they bring with them that still affect American culture and society today, repeating the past.

 

 

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Currently on Exhibit

Breaking Traditions, Saving Traditions:
Elsie Allen and the Legacy of Pomo Basketry
 

This remarkable collection of baskets and accompanying material will have resided at Santa Rosa Junior College for 20 years in 2023, yet it has never been exhibited in its entirety since arriving here.  For the collection’s 20th Anniversary at Santa Rosa Junior College, all the baskets will be on display, filling the museum, along with photographs, previously unseen videos, and stories of the weavers themselves.

Exhibit funded by the SRJC Foundation

 

 

 

 


Previous Exhibits
 

Languages of Headwear

 July 2021 - December 2022


 

Art of the Inuit

Art of the Inuit - Carvings and Prints

In the Petaluma Mahoney Library November, 2019 - July 2020
 

Dolls, Games and Toys of the World

Dolls, Games and Toys of the World

In the Santa Rosa Doyle Library December, 2019 - July, 2020



 

Glamour, Grooming, and the Quest for Beauty

Glamour, Grooming, and the Quest for Beauty

In the Santa Rosa Doyle Library   January 2019 - December 2019



 

Coiled, Plaited, Twined Exhibit

Coiled, Plaited, Twined

Spring semester, 2019

 


 

The Sacred and the Profane flyer

The Sacred and The Profane

October 15th - November 16th, 2018



 

Spirit and Symbolism Flyer

Spirit and Symbolism

May 14th - September 30th, 2018



 

 

Cultural Alchemy exhibit Flyer

Cultural Alchemy

February 22nd - April 12th, 2018

 

Bear Cubs Flyer

Zuni Bear Carvings Exhibit

In the Santa Rosa Doyle Library - Fall Semester 2017