Galleries and Lectures

American Popular Culture

Various themes of education are found on the covers of Liberty Magazine, Collier's Magazine, and the Saturday Evening Post.

Burton Hall & Gopher Yearbook

Burton Hall, the University of Minnesota's first library building, has been an important focal point throughout years of student life. Representations of Burton Hall from within the pages of the student yearbook "The Gopher."

Chiron the Educator

Chiron - Centaurus - Sagittarius: the appearance of the first educator celebrated in western civilization has been preserved since classical antiquity.

Choir Stall Carvings

Themes antithetic to those sung in the choirs were often sculpted into the stalls. This is as true of education themes as it is in general, and nowhere more so than in misericords.

Emblem Books

Throughout the 16th & 17th centuries, Emblem Books were a popular means of education.

Grammar as Teacher

Personified throughout the ages, different versions of Grammar are found in multiple mediums, as well as locations.

Japanese Iconography

Japanese Iconography links the perception and interpretation of the artist with a description of the society that created a demand for these images.

Jesus at School

Did Jesus of Nazareth go to school? This tour presents school scenes from Jesus' childhood.

Orbis Sensualium Pictus

Orbis Sensualium Pictus, an illustrated school text book, was a model for a number of other school books.

Poetry: Antiquity to Twentieth Century

This exhibition features selections of verbal representations in Occidental didactic poems and other poetry depicting educational themes.

St. Ann Teaching the Virgin to Read

In this imagery of St. Anne and the Virgin, the roles of mother and "classroom" teacher harmonize.

Teaching Cupid to Read

The Seven Liberal Arts

This tour takes one through space and time to view various examples of the personified scholastics.

Study & Love: Aristotle's Fall

Aristotle, tutor and counselor to Alexander the Great, falls for the scheme of the youthful monarch's paramour.

A Wolf at School