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March 18, 2025

Hampton University Museum Reopening

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.
 
Read recent articles regarding our reopening at WHRO Public Radio, WAVY News and Essence Magazine.
 

Consider this your invitation to visit Hampton University Museum. Admission is free and we are open to the public. We are located on the Hampton University Campus at 200 William R. Harvey Way, Hampton, Virginia 23668. Museum hours are Monday–Friday: 8am–5pm and we are closed Saturday, Sunday, and all major holidays. (757) 727-5308

February 21, 2025

John Biggers: Dance of Creation — Opening April 13, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Dr. John T. Biggers became one of most influential American art educators in the 20th century. His dedication to educating and inspiring the current and future generations would manifest in his own creations and those of his endeared students. John Biggers: Dance of Creation (April 2025)  will explore the work and influence of Dr. Biggers from his time as a student at Hampton Institute (now, Hampton University) to him being a fully-fledged educator and nationally recognized artist.

 

The exhibition will feature 70 works by Dr. Biggers, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, film, and archived material. Thanks to the generous support of the Bank of America Art Conservation 2023 Project, over 20 drawings and prints on paper have been conserved and will be exhibited for the first time ever. Works by artists who were mentors, lifelong friends, and/or students of Dr. Biggers, such as Elizabeth Catlett, Charles White,  Dr. Samella Lewis, and Earlie Hudnall will also be included throughout the show.

The day of the exhibit is forthcoming and will be announced here.

 

Curated by Kenlontae Turner,

Curator of Collections, Hampton University Museum

June 26, 2024
May 31, 2024

*UPDATE: Webinar is rescheduled for Wednesday, July 31, 12pm ET*

Get a chance to learn about the Hampton University Museum and Chrysler Museum of Art’s efforts to diversify the fields of curation and conservation through the 3-year Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship – Pilot Program! 

Click here for the registration link and further information!

 

 

April 29, 2024

Tree House Summer Camp 2024 Registration Packet

 

February 20, 2024

Hampton University Museum’s ‘Christ in the Manger’ Painting Selected for Virginia Association of Museums Top 10 Endangered Artifacts Program!

Help the Hampton University Museum win up to $1,000 in funds to conserve Francis Musangogwantamu’s “Christ in the Manger” through the Virginia Association of Museum’s Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program!

 

 

“Christ in the Manger” by Francis Musangogwantamu was donated to the Hampton University Museum by The Harmon Foundation in 1967. The Harmon Foundation was an organization based in New York City that supported and promoted the work of African and African American artists. For example, Musangogwantamu had his designs for a mural in a Catholic Cathedral rejected because he depicted Christ as an African man instead of a white man. In response to the notion that Christ could not be African, Musangogwantamu asked, “I wonder…if Christ is not universal?” This piece is meant for black Africans to see themselves in a religion that usually excludes them in its art. The message he is spreading is if we are all made in God’s image, there is no reason Christ cannot be depicted as African.

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"Christ in the Manger" by Francis Musangogwantamu
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Hampton University Museum

200 William R. Harvey Way

Hampton University

Hampton, VA 23668

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