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In 2017, the Weisman Art Museum received a collection of over 3,000 fairy-tale themed postcards from Jack Zipes, professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. As one of the most prolific scholars of folk and fairy tales, he has been influential in highlighting their social and political role in society. His collection of postcards from all over the world grew over decades of roaming flea markets and antiquarian stalls.

This spring WAM is excited to present Baggage Claims, an exhibit that examines the significance of the things we carry with us through the lens of luggage. Suitcases and crates symbolize the movement of people and belongings across the world, and they evoke the political and economic concerns that incite and result from this travel. Baggage can also take on a psychological meaning, referring to memories and emotions caused by past events that linger into the present.

“... When cells don’t receive signals from one another they can die. The lack of communication can cause cells to simply shut down.”

-Rebecca Hortensius (Brenda Ogle’s System Regeneration Lab Team)