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Exhibitions

Archives and Special Collections hosts exhibitions each year in the Loyola Notre Dame Library. We welcome faculty and students to collaborate with us on exhibitions utilizing materials from our collections.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World

Ferguson Gallery, First Floor, August-November 2021

This exhibit presents the history of 9/11, its origins, and its ongoing implications through the personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks. It includes posters curated by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, as well as materials from the library's Archives and Special Collections that reflect the effects of 9/11 on the Baltimore, Loyola, and Notre Dame communities.

Skyline of Lower Manhattan with exhibit title 'September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World' at the bottom

Father John J. Griffin: A Life Through Photography

Archives Reading Room, Third Floor, 2021-2022

Digital Exhibition

This exhibit, curated by Loyola University Maryland students Christopher Linfante and Joseph Seminara, explores the life and legacy of John J. Griffin, a Jesuit priest, Notre Dame of Maryland chemistry professor, boys' summer camp founder, and photographer.

Father John J. Griffin with camera in a field

Past Exhibitions

A Living Legacy: Remembering Mount Saint Agnes College

Ferguson Gallery, First Floor, 2020-2021

Drawing of Mount Saint Agnes College, late 1800s-early 1900s

Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote (pop-up exhibit)

Ferguson Gallery, First Floor, Fall-Winter 2020

Woman's fist raised before a sign reading 'Liberty is A Woman'

Hound Power: Highlights from the History of Loyola Athletics

Library Second Floor, November 2019 - March 2020

Loyola football game, 1930s

Pages from the Past: A History of NDMU through Students' Scrapbooks (1908-1951)

Ferguson Gallery, First Floor, September 6 - October 20, 2019

Pages from the Past exhibit banner

A Living Legacy: Remembering Mount Saint Agnes College

Ferguson Gallery, First Floor, March 20 - April 28, 2019

Mount Saint Agnes students on campus, circa 1960s

Fore-Edge Paintings

Ferguson Gallery, First Floor, Dec. 7, 2017 - Jan. 31, 2018

Learn more about the fore-edge exhibit.

Edge of book splayed to reveal painting

Snapshots of Diversity at Notre Dame of Maryland

Ferguson Gallery, First Floor, Sept. 12 - Dec. 6, 2017

Notre Dame of Maryland Preparatory School students circa 1905-1907