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Associate Curator Adrienne Gennett will talk about the many influences of European and Asian porcelain in this Facebook LIVE video.

Learn about Christian Petersen's legacy both as an artist and professor during his 20 years at Iowa State.

Experience Contemplate Japan with the insight and interpretations of the exhibition’s curator Lynette Pohlman.

Learn about Christian Petersen's homage to veterinarians, The Gentle Doctor.

Learn about Netsuke, parts of a Japanese kimono and make-from-home an origami version.

Learn about how University Museums conserves and preserves the 30,000 objects in the collection on this Facebook LIVE video with Assistant Curator Sydney Marshall.

Petersen's last major sculpture before he retired in 1955 was Conversations, located outside of the Oak-Elm Residence Hall.

Learn about one of Petersen's earliest sculptures and the long journey they took to get to the Iowa State campus.