Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place

This exhibit, part of the gallery's 25th anniversary celebrations, explores the use of votives from from 2000 BC through the twenty-first century. Among the secular and religious items highlighted are items from the Bavarian National Museum in Munich that shine a light on European folklore, an ancient anatomical votive from the Louvre and items left at the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. In addition to the physical votive objects, the show explores the creation of the items and the role in memorializing a person, event or time.