THE CENTER FOR HISTORY & CULTURE
A World of History.
Right Here.
A shared space for exploring the books, artefacts, maps, and ideas that connect every field of study.
COME WITH A QUESTION
Leave With
a Connection.
The Center for History and Culture grew from faculty collaboration into a place for hands-on, interdisciplinary learning.
Explore books, historical maps, primary sources, educational games, and material culture. Follow an interest across history, science, philosophy, the arts, and beyond.
Meet the faculty fellowsEncounter the Evidence.
Look closely at artefacts, images, and documents. Ask how they were made, used, and remembered.
Open the Photo CollectionFind the Missing Pieces.
The Center’s collaborative puzzle wall embraces incomplete evidence as part of historical inquiry.
Read the Story Behind the WallConnect Your Discipline.
Discover the histories behind the ideas and practices you study.
Underground MeetingsA signature feature of the Center is the Wall of Missing Pieces.
Students and faculty work collaboratively on donated historical puzzles, which are then framed and displayed throughout the Center.
Many puzzles arrive with missing pieces.
Rather than hiding these imperfections, the Center embraces them as a metaphor for historical inquiry.
Just as historians reconstruct the past from incomplete evidence, students learn to interpret, question, and imagine the missing pieces of our collective human experience. The wall symbolizes both the limits and possibilities of historical understanding.
INSIDE THE CENTER
Every Corner.
Another Question.
Explore the shared tables, puzzle wall, and displays.
Select a photograph to see the full view.
A Place to Explore
Tables, shelves, maps, and displays inside the Center for History and Culture.
The Wall of Missing Pieces
Framed historical puzzles displayed above a small bookshelf at the Center.
The Story Behind the Wall
The Wall of Quotes
Photographs, quotations, and posters arranged across the Center’s glass wall.
Books & Artefacts
Bookshelves and artefacts on display inside the Center for History and Culture.
Ideas on the Glass
Book covers, historical images, and written reflections turn the Center’s windows into a shared reading space.
A Wall of Questions
Quotations, portraits, and short readings invite another look while passing through the Center.
Voices in Conversation
A window collage brings together literature, maps, images, and quotations.
Connections Across Disciplines
A model human skeleton, globe, books, and games share space in the Center.
The Window Library
National Geographic magazines and novels line the windowsill. The collection includes magazines from the 1980s onward.
A Hallway Through the World
Maps of different places and scales line the hallway outside the Center.
HISTORY IS GROWING HERE
Some Stories
Take Root.
Explore the Center’s seed bank and the gardening complex.
Discover the gardensKEEP EXPLORING
Follow Your Curiosity.
The Collection
Explore the artefacts, books, maps, and material culture that bring history into focus.
Browse the CollectionReach the Underground
Connect with the team about the Center, its collections, and ways to get involved.
Contact Bradley Borougerdi