Fear the Turtle Project collection

The Fear the Turtle Sculpture Project was an initiative sponsored by the University of Maryland to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2006. The university commissioned fifty Testudo sculptures with various themes and creative names like Tuxudo, Disco Turtle, Kurtle, Mighty Turtle of Maryland, and Mutant Ninja Terrapin. The statues were displayed across campus and in several other cities in Maryland for six months, then auctioned in the fall of 2006. This collection documents the Fear the Turtle project, including the project guidelines, names of the sculpture artists and sponsors, and images of each turtle design with its corresponding location. The collection also contains a copy of the project agreement and charts denoting the pick-up schedule for the sculptures.