Maryland Room Gallery in Hornbake Library features annual exhibits on historical topics, displaying books, manuscripts, ephemera, objects, and multi-media items. Special Collections and University Archives also curate online exhibitions.
Alumnus Jim Henson and his Muppets creation, Kermit, chat on a bench outside the Stamp Student Union. Gift of class of 1998. Surrounded by the Henson Memorial Garden by landscape architect Philip Cho. Garden was the gift of classes of 1994 and 1999.
Student art is almost always on view in this space. This year, you might have spotted a gnarly shark jaw under the stairwell or a Ferris wheel catering to blue pigeons. Two-dimensional works hang semi-permanently in the first floor hallway and over…
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…