Past Exhibitions

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.
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.
One Life: Ronald Reagan

July 1, 2011 - May 28, 2012

"One Life: Ronald Reagan" commemorated the centennial of this “consequential” and “transformational” president, terms used to describe the Reagan presidency by President Barack Obama.
Mementos: Painted and Photographic Miniatures, 1750-1920

June 17, 2011 - May 13, 2012

The word “miniature” was originally associated with the creation of small images and portraits. Tiny, often expensive, likenesses were made as mementos, love tokens, or memorials that could be kept close to the body.
The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

October 28, 2011 - April 22, 2012

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell worked together to develop a list of people whom they thought would represent the African-American experience in the 20th century. Greenfield-Sanders created large-format fine-art photographs, and Mitchell interviewed the subjects on film.
150th Commemoration of the Civil War: The Death of Ellsworth

April 29, 2011 - March 18, 2012

This exhibition recounts the death of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth in Alexandria, Va. Ellsworth was the first Union officer to be killed in the four-year-long struggle.
Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories

October 14, 2011 - January 22, 2012

Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories features more than 25 artifacts and 100 works by artists from across Europe and the U.S., detailing Stein’s life and work as an artist, collector and distinctive style-maker. The exhibition shares an in-depth portrait of Stein that knits together her many identities.

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