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In addition to exhibitions, fellowships and awards, and programs, Dumbarton Oaks makes its collections and scholarship accessible through print and online publications, born-digital research projects, online catalogues and databases, and curated selections from our museum, library, and archival collections.

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Dumbarton Oaks is dedicated to making its research and scholarship accessible to everyone. Discover our born-digital research projects below, and find more scholarly resources under Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies.

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Online Collections

Many of Dumbarton Oaks’ rich collections, including the museum, rare books, and library and archives, are available online.

Museum Collections

Search the collections on our museum website,  and explore several of our most significant collections of Byzantine objects here: lead seals, coins, textiles, and manuscripts.

Rare Book Collection

Search the collection through the HOLLIS catalog, and explore fully digitized titles, selections from the Mildred Bliss’s autograph letters, and correspondence, drawings, and photographs related to the development of the historic Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

Library and Archives

Search our library holdings in the HOLLIS catalog. Additional collections include a database of microfilms of Byzantine manuscripts, a research portal for Moche iconography, a collection of postcards and other ephemera related to our areas of study, and finding aids and digital assets for our archival collections.

Byzantine Online Exhibits

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Jun 04, 2015

Before the Blisses: Nineteenth-Century Connoisseurship of the Byzantine Minor Arts

This exhibition examines the ways in which nineteenth-century collections and illustrated catalogs impacted the study and appreciation of early Christian, Byzantine, and medieval “minor arts” before the Blisses began their collections.
Apr 23, 2015

The Holy Apostles—Visualizing a Lost Monument

Designed to accompany the 2015 Byzantine Studies symposium on the Holy Apostles, this exhibition celebrates the collaborative work intended to reconstruct the now lost church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
Jul 01, 2013

Ces pièces immortelles: Early Numismatic Books in the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library

This exhibition explores the foundations of numismatic study of Roman and Byzantine coins from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries through numismatic catalogues and other publications held in the Dumbarton Oaks Rare Book Collection.

Pre-Columbian Online Exhibits

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Apr 29, 2015

Capturing Warfare: Enemies and Allies in the Pre-Columbian World

This exhibition highlights two representations of warfare in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica and the Andes, Moche fineline drawings and Lienzo de Quauhquechollan, cartographic histories recounting the conquest of Guatemala.
Jul 16, 2015

Past and Present: Views of Maya Monuments

This interactive exhibition matches ten lithographed plates of Maya monuments from Frederick Catherwood’s 1844 “Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan” with contemporary photographs by Jay A. Frogel to show the passage of time.
Oct 03, 2012

The Ancient Future: Mesoamerican and Andean Timekeeping

The Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations used complex and multiple timekeeping systems for purposes of agriculture, worship, and political authority. This exhibition shares information on the calendars of each of these cultures.

Rare Book Online Exhibits

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Jun 04, 2015

Before the Blisses: Nineteenth-Century Connoisseurship of the Byzantine Minor Arts

This exhibition examines the ways in which nineteenth-century collections and illustrated catalogs impacted the study and appreciation of early Christian, Byzantine, and medieval “minor arts” before the Blisses began their collections.
Apr 24, 2015

Robert & Monnoyer: French Botanical Artists of the Seventeenth Century

Through materials from the Rare Book Collection, this exhibition provides illustrations from the leading proponents of two styles of French botanical illustration from the seventeenth century, scientifically focused and decorative.
Apr 24, 2015

Bookbindings: “Of Making Many Books There Is No End”

Drawing from the Rare Book Collection, this exhibition on the material culture of book binding examines methods of production, materials, and styles, offering information about the provenance and history of the books.

ICFA Online Exhibits

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Apr 10, 2012

From Clearing to Cataloging: The Corpus of Tunisian Mosaics

This exhibit highlights the Margaret Alexander Collection at Dumbarton Oaks, and was developed to coincide with the 2012 Byzantine Studies symposium, “Rome Re-Imagined: Byzantine and Early Islamic Africa, c. 500–800.”
Apr 23, 2015

The Holy Apostles—Visualizing a Lost Monument

Designed to accompany the 2015 Byzantine Studies symposium on the Holy Apostles, this exhibition celebrates the collaborative work intended to reconstruct the now lost church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
Jun 20, 2013

Before Byzantium: The Early Activities of Thomas Whittemore (1871–1931)

This exhibition weaves an intricate narrative from an archival treasure trove, which reflects the evolution of Thomas Whittemore and the beginnings of the Byzantine Institute, through textual sources and photographs.