Preserving Vassar’s Artifacts, Displaying Vassar’s History.

The Vassar College Artifacts Project is an ongoing effort to celebrate the rich history of education at the college by undertaking the effort to save, research and restore forgotten artifacts in the teaching collections on campus. We work closely with the Vassar College Library Archives and Special Collections.

Comprised of interested faculty, staff and administration from both the sciences and humanities, VCAP welcomes input and information into these interesting artifacts. For inquiries, please contact Rick Jones at ricjones@vassar.edu

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A Cautionary Tale

The Earth Science department had four beautiful Beeswax trilobite models. In 2011, two of these were left on a counter in the sun, subsequently melting. A tragedy considering their age, but also a valuable lesson in protecting the hundreds of models in the Biology department as we consider how to protect the artifacts of the college.