Featured Collections
Environmental Art
Holdings related to climate and the environment include contemporary photographs by Diane Burko, Edward Burtynsky, J Henry Fair, and Emmet Gowin, among others, as well as painted landscapes and studies for Christo's Running Fence.
Japanese Prints
The Hood's collection of Japanese prints represents major print genres and themes, including actors (yakusha-e), fashionable women (bijinga), perspective (uki-e), landscape (fūkeiga), warriors (musha-e), Japan's 19th-century modernization (kaika-e), and early 20th-century prints (shin hanga).
Ledger Drawings
Late 19th-century ledger drawings created by well-known warrior-artists such as Howling Wolf, Chief Killer, Short Bull, and Wooden Leg serve as a vital record of cultural survival and transformation among American Plains Indians.
Orozco's Epic
On view in Dartmouth's Baker Library, José Clemente Orozco's extraordinary mural cycle The Epic of American Civilization (1932–34) is accessible during library hours. Museum holdings include hundreds of preparatory drawings.
- Visitor information and videos about The Epic of American Civilization mural
- Dartmouth Digital Orozco: view a panorama of the mural and contextualized preparatory drawings
Scientific Instruments
The scientific instruments collection documents the development of American academic science from the early days of the Republic through the Cold War, from astronomical instruments and surveying chains to optics apparatus and early student laboratory equipment.
Public Art on Campus
Public art on view throughout the Dartmouth campus includes works by Ellsworth Kelly, Kiki Smith, Mark di Suvero, Allan C. Houser, Beverly Pepper, George Rickey, Richard Serra, and Joel Shapiro, Ursula von Rydingsvard, among others.
- August 19, 2020—New Public Art Installation: Ursula von Rydingsvard's Wide Babelki Bowl (2007)
- Information about public art on campus and downloadable walking tour guide (pdf)
