February 20, 2026
You're invited to join The Trout Gallery for an opening reception for the Eadward Muybridge: Senior Art History Exhibition.
Eadweard Muybridge, Plate 627 from "Animal Locomotion," collotype, 13.75 x 19.375 in., 1887, The Trout Gallery, Gift of Samuel Moyerman, 1987.4.76
This exhibition, co-curated by senior art-history students Abigail Allport, Anna Radigan and Lena Rimmer under the direction of Professor of Art History Elizabeth Lee, examines Eadweard Muybridge’s groundbreaking scientific and photographic project Animal Locomotion. Completed at the University of Pennsylvania in 1887, Animal Locomotion recorded the movements of athletes, artist models and medical patients as well as wild and domesticated animals, addressing fundamental questions about bodies in motion and depicting movement in a manner that influenced early cinema. .”
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- Location: Weiss Lobby, The Trout Gallery
- Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Cost: Free