Category: Featured

  • Shōgun Beyond the Screen: Samurai, Swords, and Battles at DOMA 
    May 13, 2024 by

    Image ID: Armor (Tōsei Gusoku), 1700s, Japan, Edo period (1615–1868), iron, shakudō, gold, silk, and lacquered leather, DOMA, Gift of David T. Owsley via the Alconda-Owsley Foundation, 2007.008.001. Written by DOMA Staff, article led by Noelle Giufridda Are you watching the new Shōgun series on FX and Hulu this spring?   Based on the popular 1975 […]

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  • Juliana Piercy – A Nightmare at the Museum 
    May 6, 2024 by

    Written by Blake Chapman, Media Assistant  Disclosure: An interviewee’s opinions do not necessarily reflect those of DOMA Insider.   Q: How did you get to Ball State University and what’s your journey as a student artist been like?  A: I’m originally from Fishers and actually was enrolled in Science Teaching at Indiana University before transferring […]

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  • The Art of Mysticism: Religious art in DOMA 
    April 29, 2024 by

    Unidentified European Artist, Book of Hours, about 1470, ink on vellum bound in leather, Elisabeth Ball Collection, gift of the George and Frances Ball Foundation, on loan from Archives and Special Collections, Alexander M. Bracken Library, L1989.024.002 Written by Tori Smith, Public Relations and Social Media Assistant  Spilling out with spirituality  One summer day during undergraduate school, Matthew Hotham sat […]

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  • Thomas Cole: A Visual Environmentalist 
    April 22, 2024 by

    Image: Thomas Cole, England, NY (1801-1848), about 1825-1827, oil on canvas, 23 x 31 1/4 in. (58.42 x 79.38 cm), Purchase: Frank C. Ball Collection, gift of the Ball Brothers Foundation, 1995.035.055 Written by Hannah Schneider, DOMA Guard, Guest Contributor & DOMA Representative on the Dean’s Student Advisory Council Thomas Cole was one of first […]

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  • What is NAGPRA?
    March 22, 2024 by

    Written by Tori Smith, Public Relations and Social Media Assistant When visitors come into the museum, they might find themselves venturing off into the Africa, Americas, and Pacific Islands galleries only to be met by something unexpected: covered displays.    The displays are covered up for reasons related to NAGPRA: the Native American Graves Protection and […]

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