The Spurlock Museum of World Cultures
Through the caring for and sharing of cultural collections, the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures creates space for people to learn, collaborate, and build connections. By providing opportunities for engaging experiences, we foster compassion and empathy, amplify community voices, and inspire further exploration. We aim to be an active and vibrant university and community center that enriches and enlightens.
With over 50,000 artifacts, we celebrate the people and places of our world: our heritage as members of individual cultures and as the community of humanity. Feature exhibits are arranged in five main galleries: Europe; East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania; The Americas; Africa, Ancient Egypt and, Mesopotamia; and the Ancient Mediterranean. The Campbell Gallery houses regularly changing exhibits. Visitors of all ages enjoy events in the Knight Auditorium and hands-on programs in the Zahn Learning Center.
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Adorned in Tradition: The Iconic Dress of Oaxaca / Adornada de Tradición: El Traje Icónico de Oaxaca
The Story of the Heikegani Crab
Mudslinging in American Politics (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
Contemporary Conversations: Great ARTdoors Artists in Dialogue (9/22/2021)
Talk: Whose Egyptian Mummified Remains? Centering Egyptian communities by Heba Abd el Gawad
Talk: Monstrosity, Motherhood, and Music in the Myth of Medusa by Hannah Silverblank
Campaign Slogans and Imagery (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
Hot Issues (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
Illinois Politicians In Detail (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
Illinois Politicians (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
Losing the Elections (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
Presidential Losers Winfield Scott and William Jennings Bryan (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
Donkeys and Elephants (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
The Right to Vote (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
Campaign Slogans and Imagery Close Up (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
Exhibit Overview (Debates, Decisions, Demands)
East Asian Music Concert with Ru Huang and Yarong Guan
AIDS in East Central Illinois: The Response and Those Lost
Talk: Transitions and Transformations: The Body and Disability in Ancient Egypt by Kyle Lewis Jordan
Sewn in Memory Opening Remarks
Anansi Stories
Let Us Sing As We Go
Keep Woman in Her Sphere | featuring Nina Allender political cartoons
Art We There Yet?
She's Good Enough to Be Your Baby's Mother and She’s Good Enough to Vote with You (1916)
Bread and Roses
March of the Women
International Activism in Film Discussion: The Edge of Democracy
Curator Talk | A Petition in Boots: The Legacy of Jacob Coxey's 1894 March on Washington