Past Exhibitions

  • Seated man with dark hair and a moustache

    Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets

    October 12, 2012 - April 28, 2013

    “Poetic Likeness” will recognized the impact of poetry in America through a survey of its history during the modern period.  During this time, the nation’s poets came of age in their command of a distinctly American voice.

  • four female justices, two seated on a couch and two standing behind

    The Four Justices

    January 6, 2013 - January 31, 2013

    Ian and Annette Cummings commissioned this portrait in 2012 to recognize the accomplishments of the four justices.

  • Battle of New Orleans

    1812: A Nation Emerges

    June 15, 2012 - January 27, 2013

    This exhibition viewed the War of 1812 in its international context and included portraits of the major British generals who crossed the Atlantic to fight for king and country. It also followed the stories of slaves, pirates, sailors, artists, architects, Native Americans and women during this pivotal time.

  • Abraham Lincoln seated in a chair

    The Confederate Sketches of Adalbert Volck

    March 30, 2012 - January 21, 2013

    The Confederate Sketches of Adalbert Volck was the second in the museum's series of exhibitions marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

  • Photograph of Shirley Temple

    In Vibrant Color: Vintage Celebrity Portraits from the Harry Warnecke Studio

    May 2, 2012 - January 12, 2013

    Well before color reproductions and color snapshots became commonplace, pioneering photographer Harry Warnecke (1900–1984) and his associates at the New York Daily News’ Color Studio created brilliant, richly-hued portraits for the newspaper’s Sunday News magazine.

  • Formal painted portrait of young Juliette Gordon Low, in pink dress

    Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts

    January 13, 2012 - January 6, 2013

    Despite struggles with severely limited hearing and a turbulent marriage, Ms. Low sought to find a cause to which she could dedicate her life. In 1911, upon meeting the founder of the British based Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, Sir Robert Baden Powell, she knew she had found her cause.

  • Fortune Telling Satomi Shirai

    Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter

    August 12, 2011 - October 14, 2012

    Through the groundbreaking work of seven talented artists from across the country and around the world, this exhibition offered provocative renditions of the Asian American experience.

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