VRA 2020 Tour # 5
Join VRA for a tour of two highlights of Johns Hopkins University.
Homewood House Museum 2-3pm
Eisenhower Library Special Collections Tour, Artists’ Books: 3:30-4:30pm
$10.00 | Limited to 16 participants. Costs of transport not included
Register for this tour online via conference registration. Please contact the VRA membership services coordinator (
join@vraweb.org) for assistance in adding this tour to your registration.
Adding this tour to your sched here does not guarantee registration.Participants are responsible for arranging their own transportation.Accessibility Needs:
NOTE: There are three steps to enter Homewood and three more into the main house. Restrooms are in the basement down a full flight of steps.
Itinerary and Transportation Options coming soon!
Homewood House Museum
3400 N. Charles Street
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
http://www.museums.jhu.edu/homewood.php"Homewood is an 8,000-square-foot, Palladian-style, Federal-era mansion, renowned for its elegant proportions, fine workmanship, and extravagant details."
"Hear about the personal struggles faced by the Carroll family, and meet the Ross and Conner families, who lived alongside, but were enslaved by, the Carroll family. How did these three families coexist in wildly unequal circumstances?"
Eisenhower Library
https://www.library.jhu.edu/library-departments/special-collections/"Our collection of artist's books include suitcases, pasta, and dollar bills rolled into shoes!"
