Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), found by Dr. Paul Parmalee, unknown date, 0000.99.574. The passenger pigeon was one of the most numerous birds […]

Pocket watch, 1793, silver and gold, gift of Sue Matt Meriwether Hotchkiss,  1960.8.1. This pocket watch belonged to General David […]

Black and white postcard, Bakuba or Kuba ethnic group, c. 1948-1960, gift of Madge Rice, 1972.16.7.1 This postcard shows the […]

The Dallas Morning News newspaper, November 23, 1963, published by George Dealey, donated by Fred Coram. 1968.1.1.1. On this day […]

Model of the Taj Mahal, stone, purchased in 1959, Agra, India, gift of John S. Van Gilder, 1960.4.2. The Taj […]

Pitcher, German, c.1898-1934, by bequest of Nella Moss, 1936.4.1562. Not all jack-o’-lanterns look as chipper as this one, and for […]

Peso note, c. 1944, Japanese (made for Philippine use), paper, gift of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association, 1945.1.519.34. Just […]

Kuan Yin, Chinese (Ming Dynasty), c.1595, porcelain, gift of John Van Gilder, 1956.1.38. When Buddhism spread out of India and […]

“Grand Voyages: Volume I,” Theodore de Bry (Flemish, 1528-1598), c.1590, hand-colored engravings, gift of Terry White, 2010.25.11-14. These engravings made […]

To Marry, Elizabeth Catlett (American/Mexican, 1915-2012), 1992, color lithograph on cream paper, 2017.1. Elizabeth Catlett was an African American artist […]