From a hirsute Beasty Girl to a lock of George Washington’s hair, this exhibition explores the significance of facial, head, and body hair in western society from the Renaissance to the present. Supported by the Gillette Corporation and the Nathalie Potter Voorhees ’45 memorial fund.

Hair: Untangling a Social History won honorable mention in exhibition catalogs in the 2004 American Alliance of Museums annual Publication Design Competition.