New Exhibits at the Arlington Historical Museum Highlight Marymount University History This year, 2015, marks Marymount University’s 65th anniversary in Arlington, Virginia, and the Arlington Historical Museum at the Hume School is opening several mini-exhibits during the winter to honor Arlington’s home university. Marymount students curated the exhibits, all of them taking Introduction to Public History, taught by Marymount Assistant Professor of History, Dr. Mark Benbow, who is also the Museum Director for the Arlington Historical Society. The students were divided into three groups and presented their proposed exhibit to a panel of AHS judges, including AHS President John Richardson and Ball-Sellers House Director Annette Benbow. The winning exhibit is on the Catholic Order, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM), which founded Marymount in 1950. Designed by Emma Enkhsaikhan, Dalia Faris, Amy Lawton and Apasrin Suvanasai, “The Founding Sisters” exhibit features information about the founders as well as photos and artifacts from Marymount’s early years. The exhibit will open on January 31, 2015. Two other follow-on exhibits will also appear in 2015. The second will feature Dr. Rear Admiral Presley Marion Rixey, Surgeon General to the United States Navy and personal physician to Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Rixeys Arlington property became what is now Marymount University and his home is now The Main House on the university campus. The third exhibit will show the history of the Ballston Building, also known as Big Blue U or The Blue Goose, which will be torn down in 2015 for new Marymount Ballston Campus buildings. The exhibit will show the history of the landmark building and the plans to incorporate some of its unique features in the new design. The Admiral Rixey exhibit “The Admiral’s Main House” was put together by Sarah Campbell, Kelsey Christian, Colleen Haggerty and Tyler Roth. The Ballston Building exhibit “Fairwell to Big Blue U” is the work of Basil Al-Qaneh, Vernell Tanner, Derek Anzalone, William Baroz and Jason Moskel. “The Founding Sisters” will be on display at the Arlington Historical Museum from January 31 to March 29, 2015. The museum is at 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, and is open from 1:00-4:00 pm Saturdays and Sundays.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:44:00 +0000
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