This collection features objects related to human colonization and displacement.
Colonialism / Diaspora
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Object of the Month – October
October’s Object of the Month is small but meaningful; it is a miniature wooden furniture set, handmade at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Buchenwald was a
Object of the Month – September
September’s Object of the Month is miniature Syriac Bible manuscript dated 1596. Its lovely silver bindings were added in 1785. To learn more about this
Object of the Month – August
August’s Object of the Month is a medieval manuscript of the Four Gospels copied by the scribe Barsel illustrated with portraits of the evangelists St.
Object of the Month – July
July’s Object of the Month is an early 14th-century Coptic manuscript from Mamluk-era Egypt. The manuscript features illustrated capital letters in the shape of birds