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Current

  • January 28 - June 14, 2025

    (closed March 17 - April 2, 2025)

    The Plague Archives is a site-specific installation comprising videos, a dense collection of archival material, and interactive components that present a multi-layered transhistorical and intercultural discourse on the shifting attitudes and definitions of disease.

  • October 2, 2024 - Spring 2025

    (closed November 23 - December 2, 2024)

    Thrice Layered  traces, blurs and layers the historical and contemporary colonial power of the U.S. nuclear industry's impact upon land in the Southwestern United States. 

  • Ongoing Exhibition

    The Santa Clara Valley has a rich and dynamic history. Through historical objects and artifacts, the permanent California Stories exhibition traces the story of the site where Santa Clara University now stands, from Native California to the founding of Mission Santa Clara de Asís, through the Rancho Period and Gold Rush, and up to the early years of Santa Clara College.