The University of Mississippi Museum has more than 20,000 objects in its collection, and in honor of the museum’s 75th anniversary this year, the Ole Miss News Blog is featuring 75 different items from its collections.
Today, we feature the museum’s “Aphrodite,” a large-grained island marble piece that was made by an unknown Greek artist. It’s the third museum artifact to be featured on the blog. The piece, which is part of the museum’s David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman antiquities in the Mary Buie building, dates back to the second century A.D. Helen Tudor Robinson gave it to the museum.
The museum’s description of the piece says its “eyes and hair are ’melting’ style typically Praxitelean. The holes in the ear lobes are for earrings. The hair was created with a running drill. Likely early Antonine Dynasty.”
As part of the museum’s anniversary celebration, admission is free through Aug. 8, 2015. There will be a lot to see as the museum introduces several new exhibits and unveils a new major gift as well as the reinstallation of the David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman antiquities.
The first of the 75 items to be featured was the Volute Krater, an ancient Greek artifact. The second item was Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Lake George” abstraction.
To see a complete list of upcoming events and information on the new exhibitions, click here.
The University Museum is open to the public 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The museum is closed Mondays and regular university holidays. Its facilities are handicapped-accessible. For assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-7084.