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.”
Cultural Heritage of Syria Through Photographs
Syria is a region of diverse histories, landscapes, and religions, documented in photographic collections by Frank Kidner and others held by Dumbarton Oaks.
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.
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.
A Truthful Record: The Byzantine Institute Films
This online exhibition presents the moving images produced by the Byzantine Institute during its restoration and cleaning activities at the Red Sea Monasteries in Egypt and the Hagia Sophia and Kariye Camii in Istanbul, Turkey.
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.”
Nicholas V. Artamonoff Collection
Nicholas V. Artamonoff left behind a collection of at least 1033 photographs, dating from 1930 to 1947, providing a glimpse into the diverse urban environment of Istanbul and western Turkey,
Market Gardens (Bostans) in Istanbul
The photographs in this exhibition provide exceptional information on the market gardens of Istanbul from the 1930s and 1940s, as well as broader chronological context for the transformation of the urban space in the second half of the twentieth century.