Editing Oglethorpe University (section)

==Campus==
[[File:Lupton trees.jpg|thumb|left|230px|The carillon bells atop Oglethorpe's Lupton Hall]]
The Conant Performing Arts Center, completed in 1997, served as the seasonal home of [[Georgia Shakespeare Festival|Georgia Shakespeare]] until fall 2014.

The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art opened in 1984 and is located on the top floor of the Philip Weltner Library. The two galleries, the South and Skylight, and gift shop cover 7,000 square feet. Bringing in thousands of visitors each year, the museum has become an important point of interest in Atlanta's art community.

In 1994, [[John Thomas Lupton|Lupton]] Hall, [[Phoebe Hearst]] Hall, Lowry Hall and Hermance Stadium were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. In addition, a [[Historic districts in the United States|historic district]] including part or all of the {{convert|100|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

Other academic buildings include Goslin Hall, primarily used for science courses, and J. Mack Robinson Hall, primarily used for Communication and Art classes.

Oglethorpe University is home to the [[Crypt of Civilization]], the first and most complete [[time capsule]] ever created, according to the ''Guinness Book of World Records''. Scheduled to be opened in AD 8113, it is located in the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall. Oglethorpe University is also home to the [[International Time Capsule Society]], a [[wikt:repository|repository]] of time capsule projects worldwide.

The Turner Lynch Campus Center opened in the fall of 2013. The IW "Ike" Cousins Center for Science and Innovation (an expansion of a building constructed in 1970) opened in 2019. In addition to science facilities, it houses the Q. William Hammack Jr. School of Business.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Malone |first1=David |title=Oglethorpe University officially opens the I.W. 'Ike' Cousins Center for Science and Innovation |url=https://www.bdcnetwork.com/oglethorpe-university-officially-opens-iw-ike-cousins-center-science-and-innovation |website=Building Design + Construction |date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>

From its opening in 1990 until 2003,<ref>"[http://www.seig.ac.jp/english/atlanta/history.htm History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104075937/http://www.seig.ac.jp/english/atlanta/history.htm |date=November 4, 2005 }}." [[Seigakuin Atlanta International School]]. Retrieved on January 11, 2012.</ref> the [[Seigakuin Atlanta International School]] was located on the property of Oglethorpe University, in a former public school building.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADA128A90CAB39&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM SCHOOL MATTERS Former U.N. diplomat heads Japanese school here]." ''[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''. July 26, 1994. C2. Retrieved on January 11, 2012.</ref> Also from 1974 to 1981, Georgia Japanese Language School was located on campus before it moved to another property.<ref>"[https://www.gjls.org/enkaku Georgia Japanese Language School history (in Japanese)]." Retrieved on December 1, 2024.</ref>