As the first woman to be accepted to and graduate from the prestigious Architecture program at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and the first woman to become a licensed architect in California, Julia Morgan challenged convention and expectations from the beginning of her career. This exhibition features a curated selection of artifacts from Special Collections and Archives at Kennedy Library at Cal Poly, including her student work at the École and her collaboration with William Randolph Hearst at San Simeon. A physical exhibition of this work was open from January 13 - February 11, 2022 at the University Art Gallery.

Notes for navigation of the virtual exhibition: Click ‘enter exhibition’ and then click on the introduction text. Use the ’next’ arrow (bottom right) to move sequentially through the show. You can find more details about each item by clicking on the ‘i’ (upper right). You will see a play button where there is video or audio - it will play automatically if you are navigating using the ’next’ button. You can also move around our virtual recreation of the University Art Gallery as you would in a video game (when you are not in detail view) using forward, back, left, and right arrows.