ICMA in North Carolina: Study visits to the North Carolina Museum of Art, Duke University Libraries, Nasher Museum of Art, and Ackland Art Museum: 26-28 February 2026 - REGISTER TODAY!

ICMA in North Carolina
Study visits to the North Carolina Museum of Art, Duke University Libraries, Nasher Museum of Art, and Ackland Art Museum
Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Thursday 26 February-Saturday 28 February 2026

Register HERE

ICMA members and local medievalists are invited to a special tour of medieval collections in North Carolina on 26-28 February 2026. This is a multi-day event with multiple site visits. Attendees are responsible for transportation and travel costs between venues. Lunch and refreshments will be provided on Friday, 27 February.


SCHEDULE

Thursday 26 February 2026 at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Afternoon session (1pm-4pm) featuring a conversation in the medieval gallery and with objects in storage with curator Lyle Humphrey 

  • Tour of the exhibition The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt with curator Michele Frederick (more information HERE)

Friday 27 February 2026 at Duke University Libraries and the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham, North Carolina

  • Morning session (10am-11:30am) on medieval manuscripts with Kate Collins and Mina Moon-Black at Duke University Libraries

  • Lunch will be provided

  • Afternoon session (2pm-4pm) at the Nasher Museum of Art with curator Katherine Werwie. This will include a tour of the medieval gallery and a study storage visit, with a focus on recent testing on a head from Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Saturday 28 February 2026 at the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  • Morning session (10am-12pm) with curator Dana Cowen on their Islamic, medieval, and early modern collections 


Space is limited. Please indicate which part of the program you will attend. Priority will be given to those who attend all sessions.

Register HERE