Museums & Libraries

Summit Includes Keynote by John Seely Brown

The College of Continuing Studies, University Libraries and the College of Arts and Sciences are co-hosting the first annual Online Learning Innovation Summit Feb. 3 at the Ferguson Student Center. While the Learning Innovation Summit is geared toward UA faculty and staff who are actively engaged in online teaching and learning, the keynote address by

UA Museum Offers Fun, Educational Opportunities for Young Minds

West Alabama youth are invited to explore the world around them through varied children’s programs offered at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on The University of Alabama’s campus.

UA Museums’ Collections Spotlight: Petrified Log

UA Museums’ Collections Spotlight: Petrified Log

The Museums’ Collections Spotlight is a weekly feature that highlights an item from The University of Alabama Museums’ Collections.

UA Museums’ Collections Spotlight: Gayle Family American Empire Sideboard

UA Museums’ Collections Spotlight: Gayle Family American Empire Sideboard

The Museums’ Collections Spotlight is a weekly feature that highlights an item from The University of Alabama Museums’ Collections.

UA Museums’ Collections Spotlight: Spanish Reales

UA Museums’ Collections Spotlight: Spanish Reales

The Museums’ Collections Spotlight is a weekly feature that highlights an item from The University of Alabama Museums’ Collections.

UA Museums Student Membership Program Offers Free Programs, Events

UA Museums Student Membership Program Offers Free Programs, Events

The University of Alabama Museums launched a new student membership program this year.

UA’s OAR among Honorees for Restoration Work on Painted Bluff

The University of Alabama’s Office of Archaeological Research, in partnership with several federal and state agencies and Indian tribes, received a national award for efforts in saving a set of centuries-old Native American petroglyphs, pictographs and historic signatures in Alabama.

UA’s Gorgas House Opens Doll Collection Exhibit

UA’s Gorgas House Opens Doll Collection Exhibit

The University of Alabama’s Gorgas House Museum will display a doll collection that represents four generations of the Paul Bryant family. The exhibit opens today.

UA’s Transportation Museum Opens Architecture Exhibit

UA’s Transportation Museum Opens Architecture Exhibit

The University of Alabama’s Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum will showcase an exhibit featuring the works of architecture Don Buel Schuyler. The exhibit will run Nov. 8-Feb. 25.

7 Frightful Things at UA (with an Educational Purpose)

7 Frightful Things at UA (with an Educational Purpose)

1. Haunting music In the Moody Music Building Concert Hall, Dr. Faythe Freese sits at UA’s famous Holtkamp pipe organ and plays a few bars. Recognize the composition? For many of us, this music brings to mind supernatural movie villains who have sent chills down the spines of audiences since the days of silent film. But