Selected exhibitions at the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums. Permanent Installations Fluorescent Rocks from the Permanent Collection Permanent installation Hester Bateman, the Queen of the Silversmiths: Eighteenth-Century English Silver Permanent installation Oceanic Art from the Sepik River Region of Papua New Guinea Permanent installation 2008-2009 Peace Warriors and Solitudes: Recent Photographs by Carl Chiarenza July 15, 2008 - October 5, 2008 2007-2008 The Inner Eye: Folk Art of India from the William and Ann Oppenhimer Collection September 19 to December 2, 2007 The Sacred and the Sensuous: Hindu Art from the Collection September 19, 2007 to June 29, 2008 Castings in Contemporary Ceramics October 5 to December 16, 2007 Ceramic Portraits: Selections from the Georganna Yeager Johns Collection of Royal Doulton Character Jugs October 5, 2007, to June 29, 2008 Eating Wonderland: Recent Work by Sue Johnson February 8 to June 15, 2008 2006-2007 What's New? Recent Gifts in the Three University Museums July 14, 2006 to February 27, 2007 Smoked: Works by John Cage, Ray Kass, and Stephen Addiss September 15 to December 17, 2006 Native Plants of Virginia: Selections from the University of Richmond Herbarium February 28 to June 24, 2007 Giving Voice to Objects: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition April 5 to July 8, 2007 2005-2006 Roots of Creativity: Landscapes by Hans Friedrich Grohs September 21 to December 11, 2005 Mattering: Recent Work by Fiona Ross September 21 to February 12, 2006 Touch of the Brush: The Art of Chinese Calligraphy October 7, 2005, to June 29, 2006 Traditions in Miniature: The Louise Westbrook Collection of Chinese Ceramics October 7, 2005, to May 27, 2007 Street Opera: Reconsidering the Art and Writing of Margaret May Dashiell (1869-1958) February 9 to July 29, 2006 Parian Porcelain: A Nineteenth-Century Passion April 21, 2006 to May 27, 2007 2004-2005 Cheers!: Drinking Glasses from the Permanent Collection August 11, 2004 to July 10, 2005 "Fancy Rockingham” Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America September 9, 2004 to June 26, 2005 Exotica: Plant Portraits from Around the World September 29 to November 14, 2004 Silent Spring: Andy Warhol’s "Endangered Species" and "Vanishing Animals" January 19 to July 30, 2005 Objects & Meaning: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition March 24, to September 11, 2005 2003-2004 All in the Family: Shells from the Permanent Collection July 15, 2003, to July 18, 2004 Articulated Spaces: Paintings by Michael Creighton August 20 to December 14, 2003 The Art of Gold: Works by Contemporary Goldsmiths September 2 to October 19, 2003 Vanishing Amphibians: From The National Museum of Natural History October 25 to December 7, 2003 Between Science and Art: The X-Ray Photographs of Judith K. McMillan February 13 to June 6, 2004 Art of the Eye: An Exhibition on Vision April 8 to June 27, 2004 2002-2003 Heads or Tails: Ancient Coins from the Permanent Collection August 21 to November 24, 2002 Structures of Nature: Photographs by Andreas Feininger August 21, 2002 through May 18, 2003 Art Nouveau Glass and Pottery: Selections from the Syracuse University Art November 10, 2002 to January 26, 2003 Vessels and Ritual Objects: Pre-Columbian Ceramics from the Permanent Collection February 19 to June 29, 2003 Worldviews: Maya Ceramics from the Palmer Collection February 19 to August 3, 2003 2001-2002 Visionary Landscapes: The Glassworks of Josh Simpson October 2, 2001 to February 10, 2002 Stones of Heaven: Jades from the Permanent Collection November 13, 2001 to March 1, 2002 Buds, Blooms, and Blossoms: Boehm Porcelains from the Permanent Collection March 20 to August 25, 2002 25 Treasures: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature April 9 to October 20, 2002 2000-2001 Birthstone Legends October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001 Land, Sea, & Air: Works by Andrea V. Uravitch February 17 to August 5, 2001