Our Education Team works hard to ensure we can provide fun, engaging educational content to our visiting students. Designing these programs allows space for play and interactivity that students from @dccollaborative enjoyed recently! #GameMW @museumweek

New Medieval Books: Bastions of the Cross: Medieval Rock-Cut Cruciform Churches of Tigray, Ethiopia, from Dumbarton Oaks and Harvard University Press medievalists.net/2025/06/new-me… #historybooks #medievalchurches #Ethiopia

WAVES OF INFLUENCE “is bound to be a keystone study for graduate students of anthropology or history, and anyone interested in . . . how humans in the deep past may have moved far beyond their cultural horizons.” Thanks Bulletins of Spanish & Spanish Visual Studies! Read the review: tandfonline.com/toc/cbhs20/cur…

It's your last week to see 'The White House' by artist Santiago Montoya! You don't want to miss the chance to see this magnificent exhibition designed for our Museum and Gardens that spans over 10 acres of land. 'The White House' will be on view through Sunday, June 22.

#WorldCrocDay : Gold #Crocodile Pendant Coclé culture, Panama, c. 500-1300 CE On display at Dumbarton Oaks (PC.B.571)

As a reminder to all visitors, the Museum and Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks will be closed Thursday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Friday, June 20. Follow us and go to doaks.org to check on upcoming closures.

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Everything reminds us of them 😔 Farewell to 'The White House,' our latest contemporary art installation by Miami-based artist Santiago Montoya. We will miss these iconic pieces and are honored to have had this installation on our grounds. Stay tuned for our next installation!

With berry season in full swing, June's #PlantOfTheMonth feature on @jstor_daily spotlights a foraged fruit that has sustained humans and wildlife for millennia. “Juneberry: A Summer Sweet for People, Pollinators, and Birds” by Nina Foster, now available! daily.jstor.org/juneberry-a-su…

Congratulations to MEXICO-TENOCHTITLAN: DYNAMISM AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, edited by Barbara E. Mundy, Leonardo López Luján, and Elizabeth Hill Boone for receiving the Prix Raymond et Yvonne Lantier 2025 from the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres! aibl.fr/prix-et-fondat…

How did coffee become European? ☕ Find out in 'Stimulant Sea!' Chat with the curator, Postdoctoral Fellow Justin Mann, and come visit 'Stimulant Sea' to learn how coffee and sugar made their way to the present day. Now on view in the Museum through April 2026!

Submit a paper proposal for one of our 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies sessions by Monday, September 15! Topics include the Menologion of Basil II, early medieval chronicles, and late antique and medieval Latin poetry and prose. wmich.edu/medievalcongre…

July 11 marks the feast of Benedict of Nursia, founder of what would become known as the Benedictine Order and a seminal figure in the development of the Western Christian monastic tradition more broadly. Get THE RULE OF SAINT BENEDICT today! domedieval.org/books/the-rule…

LIFE OF THE VIRGIN MARY is “an invaluable contribution to the fields of Byzantine literature, Mariology, and Eastern church history.” Thanks, Speculum UChicagoPress! Read the full review: domedieval.org/review-life-of…

BIBLICAL AND PASTORAL POETRY is “of high quality” and “a clear and uniformly excellent prose translation,” an essential read for scholars of Avitus. Thanks, JML Brepols! Read the review: domedieval.org/review-biblica…

Our bronze horse is back on display! This centuries-old Arabian masterwork is now on view in the Courtyard Gallery. To learn more about this object, from its origins to its reconstruction process, visit the object file at museum.doaks.org/objects-1/info…

Our July #PlantOfTheMonth feature on @jstor_daily explores the saguaro’s ties to desert wildlife, human history, and environmental change.🌵 Check out “Saguaro Cactus: A Desert Sentinel’s Prickly Plight” by Nina Foster: daily.jstor.org/saguaro-cactus…

We’re thrilled to announce that vol. 1 of MEDICAL WRITINGS FROM EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND has won the 2025 ISSEME Award for Best Translation or Edition! For this year’s awardees: isseme.org/2025/07/15/iss…

Happy National Intern Day! As they reach the end of their term, we are very impressed by the research they were able to accomplish over the past two months. It's been a pleasure having them, and though we hate to say goodbye, we're so excited to see what they get up to next!

Dumbarton Oaks has moved to BlueSky! To stay updated on the DO community, follow us at @/dumbartonoaks.bsky.social on BlueSky, or search for 'Dumbarton Oaks' on all other socials. See you there! bsky.app/profile/dumbar…