The Student Union Art Gallery Advisory Committee hosted “LSU Treasures Day” on Sunday, a day meant to celebrate the treasures of the University in several locations across campus.
Judith Stahl, Union Art Gallery manager, said the event occurred in Allen Hall, Hill Memorial Library, the Natural History Museum, the Shaver Theatre, the Union Art Gallery, the Textile and Costume Museum and the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex on campus and the LSU Museum of Art and the Rural Life Museum off campus.
Stahl said the exhibits were meant to showcase all of the “treasures” the University has to offer.
“The real purpose is just to show the public all the collections that are used in conjunction with research that are normally not available for them to see,” Stahl said.
The event, which was free to the public, didn’t cost anything to put on, Stahl said.
“It’s basically faculty members donating their time to open their doors to the public,” Stahl said.
Kate Griener, geology graduate student, was on hand in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. Marathon Oil Corporation Atrium to answer visitors’ questions about the exhibits set up there.
Griener said the exhibit included poster boards describing the Department of Geology and Geophysics’ many projects and tables of fossils that visitors could examine.
“It’s a little bit of show and tell for us,” Griener said.
Charles Grenier, professor emeritus in the School of Social Work, participated in some show and tell as well.
Grenier spent part of the day in Allen Hall, answering visitors’ questions about the murals painted on the walls.
Grenier said he believes students should appreciate the paintings as they wander the halls on a daily basis because they’ll for great memories.
“People that come here are very nostalgic about these paintings,” he said.