From 2017 to 2024, candidates in the MA in Art History program have worked with Art Properties to organize small in-house exhibitions related to the University’s art collection, resulting in both in-person and online presentations showcasing their curatorial research. In 2025, this program, MA in Art History Presents, launched a new initiative that offers candidates an opportunity to conduct and publish research on understudied objects in the Art Properties collection. Comprising more than 13,000 works of art in all media, the collection reflects all cultures and time periods, and is based in Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Drawing on the potential of this extensive collection for object-based research, this new initiative allows students to engage with questions central to art historical and archaeological inquiry, such as dating, attribution, conservation, provenance, and provenience. In doing so, their work contributes to the knowledge and visibility of Columbia’s art collection. Essays by three second-year MA students have now been published online, showcasing their original research and accompanied by high-resolution imagery of the objects. Olivia Ho-Herrera writes about an ancient Iranian nipple-beaker; Elaine Jiang writes about an Etruscan amphora; and Eva Zapato Signorino writes about a post-contact Andean kero.