Hampton University Museum is once again open to the public. We have undergone our first renovation since the Museum moved into the Huntington Building in 1997. The renovation has included new flooring throughout the entire museum to include gallery spaces. Also completed is the installation of a new roof, funded by a Mellon Foundation Humanities In Place grant.

 

Galleries have been refreshed with new artwork or objects. Two Hundred Years of African American Art located on the second floor has some of our familiar and favorite pieces on display but also some works that have not been seen recently or ever before.

 

A new gallery has been added — Hampton Legacy:  A Song of Service, Love and Loyalty.  This gallery looks at our alumni and includes recent graduates as well as costumes on long term loan from Ruth Carter.

 

We have a new wing that was opened last April and currently we have on exhibition — Sankofa:  Constructing Modern African Art.