Art And History: Treasures From The Hoover Library And Archives

Exhibition showcases works that define pivotal moments in history.
Hoover Library and Archives | May 2, 2013

The Hoover Institution’s new exhibition, Art and History: Treasures from the Hoover Library and Archives, runs from April 23 to December 20, 2013, in the Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion (next to Hoover Tower) on the Stanford University campus. Drawing on the extensive holdings of the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, this exhibition showcases the…

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Genres: Art & Art History

Stanford exhibit of San Jose’s lost Chinatown brings archaeology out of the laboratory

The "City Beneath the City" installation at the Stanford Archaeology Center combines history and art for an insightful examination of local Bay Area history.
VERONICA MARIAN | April 16, 2013

Visitors to the Stanford Archaeology Center find modern glass cases filled with fragments of a lost city – wooden toothbrushes and combs, buttons and leather shoes, ceramic bowls and soup spoons. These are the remnants of the once thriving Chinatown community in downtown San José. Today, these archaeological findings populate City Beneath the City, an art installation designed by…

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Genres: Art & Art History