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As the Allen Memorial Art Museum celebrates its centennial anniversary, Jill Greenwood joins the staff as the Eric and Jane Nord Family Curator of Education.

Anyone who has spent time at Oberlin knows the college is markedly brimming with hidden gems. One such gem is the Allen Memorial Art Museum’s Asian Art collection.

Andrea Gyorody has been named the Ellen Johnson ’33 assistant curator of modern and contemporary art at Allen Memorial Art Museum .

Assistant Professor Chie Sakakibara collaborates with Alaska Native community to study climate change, cultural resilience, and the reciprocal relationships between humans and animals.

The Allen Memorial Art Museum has 107 African art objects in its collection. With the opening on February 2, 25 objects are now on view. The installation was curated by students in the fall 2016 seminar, African Art in Museums: From Collection to Display.

As its centennial approaches, the Allen Memorial Art Museum reflects on how different artists and cultures have sought to capture the passage of time

In 1940, Ellen Johnson had a simple, brilliant idea: let students live with art for a semester.

Inspired by the Italian master and given in honor of the Wright brothers' greatest advocate, the marble fountain and bronze statue on the lawn of the Allen Memorial Art Museum commemorates an important woman in Oberlin's history.

A special workshop—the first of its kind at Allen Memorial Art Museum—demonstrates how art can be used to train medical professionals.