Past Exhibits

Below is a list of past exhibits hosted by the Cummings Center in our National Museum of Psychology and Institute for Human Science & Culture. Exhibits are organized by the date that they opened at the Cummings Center. This list is not comprehensive and may not include all exhibits and displays hosted throughout the Cummings Center's history. If you are interested in a past exhibit or display not included on this list, please contact us at ahap@uakron.edu.

For information on current and upcoming exhibits and events, visit our What's On page.

2022 Exhibits

• In Due Time by Macey Kowalski - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, December 10, 2022 - March 4, 2023)
• Perceptions and Premonitions by Katarina Zuder - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, December 10, 2022 - March 4, 2023)
• Marafiote No. 6 by Jonathan Marafiote - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, October 15, 2022 - March 4, 2023)
• Delaware Girl: The Art of Valerie J. Evans - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, September 30, 2022 - March 4, 2023)
• Body Politic by Christa Carleton and Tonja Torgerson - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, September 30, 2022 - November 19, 2022)
• Home Is... - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, August 16, 2022 - May 27, 2023)
• The Hologram by Cassie Thornton - (National Museum of Psychology, July 16, 2022 - May 27, 2023)
• The Scientific Nursery: Psychologists' Advice to Parents - (National Museum of Psychology, May 5, 2022 - November 23, 2022)
• Emotional Creatures by James Edwards - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, April 29, 2022 - August 27, 2022)
• “Songs of Travel”: A Visual Journey by Zachary Tyler Gill - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, April 29, 2022 - August 27, 2022)
• The Feminine Image by Gabrielle Zink - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, April 29, 2022 - August 27, 2022)
• Illuminance by Vee Morman - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, April 29, 2022 - May 28, 2022)
• Cabinets of Curiosity: Natural History Mysteries - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, April 29, 2022 - August 27, 2022)
• Journey to Robbers Cave - (National Museum of Psychology, April 26, 2022 - May 28, 2022)

2021 Exhibits

• Dumpster Dive Art Installation - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, December 3, 2021 - February 12, 2022)
• Birds of Paradise by Pioneer Winter - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, November 29, 2021 - March 12, 2022)
• Clayton Bailey's World of Wonders - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, November 19, 2021 - September 10, 2022)
• The Art of Claire Heldman: Lakota Wiá - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, October 1, 2021 - March 5, 2022)
• Cleveland on the Couch: Psychoanalysis in Cleveland - (National Museum of Psychology, September 14, 2021 - February 12, 2022)
• Cultural Carry-On: America's Literal Baggage - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, July 16, 2021 - May 21, 2022)
• Growing Pains by Anika Calcei - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, April 23, 2021 - September 9, 2021)
• An Abyss of Sunshine by Kwame Gomez - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, April 30, 2021 - June 3, 2021)

2020 Exhibits

• Decipher by Jared Faust - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, December 8, 2020 - April 8, 2021)
• Votive Articulations by Jennifer Hudson - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, November 17, 2020 - November 19, 2020)
• Intersections: Archives Inspiring Art - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, November 10, 2020 - November 6, 2021)

2019 Exhibits

• Burgeoning by Katie Cooke - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, December 6, 2019 - January 24, 2020)
• Illusions, Spirits, and Auras: A Presence in the Archives - (National Museum of Psychology, October 4, 2019 - December 21, 2019)
• How Animal Subjects Shaped Psychology - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, May 9, 2019 - October 26, 2019)
• I Am Psyched! Celebrating Women of Color - (Institute for Human Science and Culture, May 3, 2019 - May 18, 2019)

2018 Exhibits

• Smithsonian Museum Day: Women Making History - (National Museum of Psychology, September 22, 2018 - March 13, 2020)
• The Test of Time: Chronometry in 19th & 20th Century Psychology Laboratories - (National Museum of Psychology, May 10, 2018 - October 6, 2018)

2017 Exhibits

• Glimpses into the History of Psychology through Artifacts - (National Museum of Psychology, May 6, 2017 - September 2017)

2016 Exhibits

• The University of Akron Repurposes History: Polsky's, Quaker Square, Roadway, and St. Paul's - (Akron-Summit County Public Library Special Collections, May 7, 2016 - August 21, 2016)