Mobile Tour Orientation

Welcome to the Reeves Museum of Ceramics Mobile Tour. The information on this page is to be used in conjunction with the QR codes installed throughout the museum's galleries.

Visitors to the museum can scan the QR codes with any smartphone's built-in camera application to learn more about the objects on display. Each gallery includes an introduction and highlights roughly ten objects. Match the object to its text by using the Gallery Number. All galleries and QR Codes are located on the first floor.

Don't have a smartphone? Need more information? Visit the Reeves Greeter Desk for assistance.

The Reeves Museum of Ceramics houses the University’s ceramic collection and the paintings by Louise Herreshoff. The Reeves Collection began in 1967 with a gift from alumnus Euchlin Reeves (1903-1967) and his wife Louise Herreshoff (1876-1967). The galleries contain objects that tell stories of design, technology and trade and illustrate how people drank, dined and decorated their homes over the past five centuries. The museums also showcases the paintings of Louise Herreshoff, classically trained painter and wife of Washington and Lee University alumnus and donor Euchlin Reeves. Her paintings are inspired by European Fauvism, Realism and Impressionism.