Lunch with the Libraries & Museums - The Curatorial Mind: An Inside Look at the Conception of an Exhibition

Presented by Hopkins at Home, Johns Hopkins University Museums, and Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Museums

Join Hopkins Museums Advisory Board Chair Beth Felder and her daughter, Grace, for a special virtual tour of Homewood Museum led by Curator of Collections Michelle Fitzgerald.

As the United States prepares to turn 250 years old and Johns Hopkins University celebrates its 150th anniversary, Ms. Fitzgerald will discuss her forthcoming exhibition marking these milestones, If Homewood’s Walls Could Talk: A History of An American House. Opening November 6, 2025 and running through January 10, 2027, the exhibition will reflect on what has changed over the course of Homewood’s history and how the stories of one house connect to larger narratives about the university and nation. Tour attendees will also gain insight into Ms. Fitzgerald’s approach to exhibition development and her curatorial process. A live Q&A will follow the recorded tour.

About Michelle Fitzgerald

About

Michelle Fitzgerald

Michelle Fitzgerald is the Curator of Collections at the Johns Hopkins University Museums. With an interest in Chesapeake furniture in the 18th and 19th centuries, she has previously held positions at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Maryland Center for History and Culture, and the Maryland State Archives. She received her MA from the University of Delaware’s Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and is published in the University of Chicago Press’ Winterthur Portfolio and AASLH’s History News magazine.