Object of the Month
Untitled print
Untitled, c. 1970, Ilya Bolotosky (American, 1907–1981), Silkscreen print, Gift of James E. and Doris G. August, 1979.13.1. Ilya Bolotowsky, born […]
Surveyor’s compass
Compass, 1794-1801, wood, glass, and brass, Gift of Frank W. Taylor and Mrs. W.W. Harrell, from the estate of F.W. […]
Puccini Memorial Announcement
Memorial Announcement, 1925, cardstock, donated by L.B. Audigier, 1934.1.919.1. This is an original invitation to a memorial ceremony for Giacomo […]
Scandinavian Doll
Doll, unknown date, porcelain, fabric and beads, Donated by Catherine Ann Taylor Miller, 1945.2.41. This porcelain doll is clothed in […]
Winter Falcon
Winter Falcon, Plate 35, 1808-1813, hand-colored lithograph, from Alexander Wilson’s “American Ornithology,” 7 volumes. Gift of David Fox. 2009.10.4 Alexander […]
The Magical Narwhal!
Narwhal Tusk, biospecimen c. 1946, given by J. Kennedy Craig, Knoxville, in memory of his son, Capt. Brown Atkin Craig. […]
Byzantine amphora
Amphora, 5th-7th centuries CE, clay, gift of L.W. Headman, 1995.1.14. This amphora was found off the coast of Turkey, although […]
Victorian Holiday Postcard
This holiday postcard was designed by Ernest Nister, iconic nineteenth-century London publisher of children’s books and paper ephemera. It traveled across the […]
French Gold paint set
Paint set; 19th century; paper board box, gold powder, liquid medium; Bequest of Judge John Webb Green and Ellen McClung; […]
1919 Thanksgiving Postcard
Thanksgiving postcard to Fannie Hill, 1919. Creator unknown. Postcard, Bequest of Alfred Guthe and Norbert Riedel, 1965.31.35.2 Modern American legend holds the […]