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Since 1899
Bringing History to Life
Since 1899, the Maxey Museum has provided an opportunity for Whitman students to make history come alive. The Maxey Museum oversees a diverse set of exhibits spread out over the Whitman College campus. Located in Maxey Hall, these exhibits are drawn from the museum's 3,500-artifact collection and are designed and created by students under the direction of Libby Miller.
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“To Make Us Free: Witnessing Activism at Whitman & Beyond” makes visible the work that students, faculty and staff have done, and continue to do, within, and sometimes against, the institution in attempts to bring about change—in the institution itself, in the community, in the country or in the world at large. This Exhibition spans both Maxey Museum and Sheehan Gallery.
Previous Exhibitions
Since 1899, the Maxey Museum has provided an opportunity for Whitman students to make history come alive, drawing from a collection of more than 3,500 artifacts. Below are a few examples of recent exhibitions.
Timber Culture
A traveling exhibit from the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center depicting the lives of workers and their families in Oregon’s multicultural logging communities.
Mapping India: Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Partition of South Asia
Exploring South Asian imperialism through historical maps and objects from the collection of Mark and Meredith Giordano.
Along the Nci-Wana (Columbia River)
Archival materials related to The Confluence Project, a series of six earthworks along the Columbia River.
A Proper Monument?
Curated by the staff of Maxey Museum in response to an act of vandalism on campus.
Righteous Dopefiend: Homelessness, Addiction and Poverty in Urban America
A multimedia exhibition documenting the daily lives of homeless drug users on the streets of San Francisco.
Explore the online collection of Maxey Museum artifacts
Images of many individual artifacts from the Maxey Musuem collection are available to view online at any time.
Visit Maxey Museum
Admission to Maxey Museum is free and tours are available upon request. The museum office and main display are located in the auditorium building of Maxey Hall, next to the Environmental Studies wing.
Maxey Museum Staff:
Libby Miller, Director & NAGPRA Coordinator
For more information about the museum and the collection, or if you would like to make an appointment, please call 509-527-5294 or email maxeymuseum@whitman.edu.