Dartmouth Celebrates America at 250
Dartmouth is marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence during the 2025-26 academic year with a series of events, exhibits, and programs looking back to history and forward to the future. The Rockefeller Center and Dartmouth Dialogues have launched a lecture series, Law and Democracy: The United States at 250, which is bringing policy leaders, legal scholars, and analysts from across the political spectrum to campus. The Hood Museum of Art is also presenting a slate of exhibitions that address significant moments and themes in American art and culture.
Law and Democracy: The United States at 250
Join U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for a lecture on federalism and how the key responsibilities of the federal government have evolved since the Founders wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Join the former Republican governor of Maryland for a conversation as part of the Law and Democracy Series.
David French is an opinion writer for The New York Times and Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch. French and Isgur co-host Advisory Opinions, a legal podcast by The Dispatch.
Join us for a conversation with James Bennett, Jillian Weinberger, Emily Greenhouse and Sam Stein ’04.
Join us for our Class of 1930 Lecture with Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
This series is cosponsored by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Dialogues, the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Office of the Associate Dean for the Social Sciences.
Building an Academic Art Collection in America
Through February 27, 2027
Abstraction in the United States
Through March 20, 2027
History, Myth, and Propaganda
Through August 8, 2026
December 13, 2025–November 7, 2026
Slavery and Its Afterlives
December 20, 2025–July 11, 2026
January 10–July 25, 2026
Artistic Constructions of America, 1790–1940
February 7–August 29, 2026
Work in the United States
July 25–November 7, 2026
Asian American Art in Conversation
August 22–November 28, 2026
Past Events
The former ambassador and Marine combat officer warns of tech competition with China.
The former governor of Pennsylvania also says find common ground.
Kathleen Kingsbury participates in Dartmouth’s Law and Democracy Series.