Gallery honoring Maryland painter and sculptor Joseph Sheppard (b. 1930). Funded by private donations, including $3 million from the late Leroy Merritt.
Depicting Maryland-born abolitionist and scholar Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) as impassioned, young orator in Ireland. Designed by an English sculptor and cast in Wales. Situated in Frederick Douglass plaza. Funded by private gifts, UMD Foundation…
One of 74 or 108 "birds i view" sculptures from 2003 tourism-promoting exhibition across Prince George's county, sponsored by Prince George's Art Council and Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Musically themed, five-foot-tall…
In 1933, the football coach decided the diamondback terrapin should be the school mascot. A live terrapin served as model and is now held, as taxidermy, by University Archives. Students rub Testudo's nose for good luck and leave offerings to the…