Where creativity lives

The Driskell Center, home to one of the foremost collections of Black art and related archival materials, is a creative incubator dedicated to a world where Black artists exist at its center.

The University of Maryland Art Gallery is dedicated to gathering, exhibiting and interpreting art from around the world.

The Herman Maril Gallery is the Department of Art’s student-run, multifunctional exhibition space.

This gallery is dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary art that is challenging, academically engaging and addresses broad community and social issues.

The Kibel Gallery hosts exhibitions showcasing research, history, practice and innovation in the built environment and spatial disciplines, including shows curated by Maryland faculty and students, as well as traveling shows from world-renowned institutions and architecture studios.

The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library is the central location on campus for music, theater and dance collections materials, and features a multimedia exhibition gallery.

The Hornbrake Library features annual exhibitions of unique materials from the Special Collections and University Archives.

This outdoor space features cutting-edge technology, including a 25-by-30 foot screen to showcase large-scale digital artworks.

This 5,300-square-foot makerspace includes facilities for electronics test and fabrication, textile arts, woodworking, CNC machining, laser cutting, 3D printing and more.

BookLab is the English department’s makerspace, letterpress printing studio, library and center for the book arts that hosts regular workshops, classes and events.

This collaborative learning space within the Department of Art History and Archaeology provides a resource for studying art using the latest technologies, including a floor-to-ceiling curved projection surface to support virtual reality and multi-model display projects.

Located on the first floor of the STEM Library, this space offers frequent workshops, classes, events and open studio time to use 3D printers, tool kits, VR headsets and more.

This makerspace provides rapid prototyping, advanced manufacturing and digital design resources from consumer, research and industrial grade 3D printers, to high end subtractive production systems.

The Advanced Fabrication Lab is the flagship lab of Terrapin Works, and houses a variety of industrial grade equipment,, a collection of 20+ consumer grade FDM printers and a suite of tools for student use, including high powered computers for CAD work and hand tools.

The Cypress Building offers about 7,500 square feet of student workspace, including secure project storage, shared fabrication and machine-shop tools, a conference room with videoconferencing and access to the Cypress Student Competition community. 

The Design Shop is home to the Terrapin Works Design Team. The primary design work activities include research, ideation, computer-aided design, rapid prototyping and testing. Visitors are welcome to visit by appointment.

An open-access resource for all students, offering free use of electronics tools and equipment, including soldering stations, power supplies, oscilloscopes and multimeters. Students can access the shop after completing required safety and training modules through Terrapin Works.

This makerspace offers hands-on machining education and open-access workspace for students and faculty who complete required safety training. It provides a range of machine tools for manual machining, CNC milling, waterjet cutting and other fabrication tasks, along with guidance on machining and manufacturing for university and personal projects.

The woodshop, conveniently located on the first floor of JM Patterson, is an open access training shop at Terrapin Works. It features state of the art equipment from Powermatic, Festool, and SawStop.

6,800 square feet of flexible, technology-equipped workspace for student teams engaged in cross-disciplinary research and design. The lab features movable workbenches, overhead utilities and digital displays to support collaborative projects. Student teams can use the lab after completing required training, and faculty may request access for classes through Terrapin Works.

This center is available to everyone in the University of Maryland community. Fully equipped with 3D printers, a laser cutter, a water jet, a 3D scanner and a variety of other tools, it boasts capabilities needed to make any project a reality.