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UMUC has two permanent collections: the Maryland Artist Collection and the Asian Collection, selections of which are on view at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. UMUC also hosts temporary exhibitions at the Hotel and publishes…

Academic museum space with around 2,500 works in its permanent collection and approximately six different exhibitions per year.

Sculpture on plinth outside art studios. Maybe rotating?

Odd, lopsided[?] sculpture, playing with positive and negative space and planetary-like forms, at entrance to Eppley Recreation Center. There are the remnants of an informational plaque that once sat at this work's base. Can this be identified?

Community art project adorning altar space of the Garden Chapel. Its "tree of life" iconography is drawn from multiple faith traditions.

Gallery honoring Maryland painter and sculptor Joseph Sheppard (b. 1930). Funded by private donations, including $3 million from the late Leroy Merritt.

Created in honor of artist and art historian, former University of Maryland Professor David C. Driskell (b. 1931) to exhibit, collect, and preserve African-American art.

Contributed by Edward M. '52 and Loretta M. Downey on behalf of the direct descendents of Simon Long Downey.

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…