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Philanthropy in the Museum Space

Cultural institutions today welcome philanthropy in many forms, including funds, objects, and other intangible resources

Seal of Gregory Asbestas Added to Collection

Recent acquisition offers insights into the religious turbulence of ninth-century Byzantium

New Byzantine Seals

Recent acquisitions complement seals in the collection and highlight the stories of individual Byzantines

Four Rare Book Acquisitions Build on Early Colonial Holdings

New acquisitions contribute to linguistic, religious, and legal studies of early colonial Mexico

Big Data Tells Intimate Stories

A Byzantine art historian, a palace servant, and new acquisitions to a celebrated seal collection

Dumbarton Oaks Receives Important Donation of Pre-Columbian Objects from William J. Conklin

An early trip to Peru, the first of many, transformed William J. Conklin’s life forever and sparked his interest in the people and cultures of the Andes, ...

Dumbarton Oaks Museum Acquires Important 9th Century Byzantine Manuscript

Dumbarton Oaks recently acquired a Byzantine manuscript of John Chrysostom’s Homilies on St. Matthew, written very likely at the end of the ninth century in ...