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Museum Events and Exhibitions
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| WINTER WONDERLAND: The Coleman Collection |
| Courthouse Galleries |
| 11/21/2008 Thru 12/31/2008 |
| November 21 – November 23, 2008
November 28 - December 31, 2008
The Courthouse Galleries kick-off the holiday season with Winter Wonderland, displays from the popular Coleman Nursery Collection that became a tradition for families from across the Hampton Roads region and beyond. The collection began in the mid-1960s when owner, A. J. “Junie” Lancaster purchased a single “Sleeping Santa.”
Each year, the scenes have grown and changed as more figures are restored and new ones are added. Join |
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| Contact: Registration: For group reservations call 757-393-8983.
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| www.courthousegalleries.com |
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| The Jewel of Georgetown:
Dumbarton House Celebrates Seventy-Five Years |
| Dumbarton House |
| 10/01/2008 Thru 12/27/2008 |
| Documenting the 75 year history of Dumbarton House, this exhibit features the 1931 museum restoration, the Colonial Revival Movement, the building of a collection and much more. Highlights of the exhibit collection include a silver cup and Chinese export porcelain mug owned by George Washington, examples of Chinese export porcelain for the American market, one of the five known first printing copies of the Articles of Confederation, and Georgetown silver. Also on display will be archival mater |
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| http://www.dumbartonhouse.org/current_ex.htm |
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| Silver of Georgetown and Washington City, 1790-1840 |
| Dumbarton House |
| 10/01/2008 Thru 12/13/2008 |
| Dumbarton House is featuring a new exhibit as part of its regular docent-led tours: Silver flatware and hollow ware made by prominent silversmiths working in Georgetown and Washington City during the Federal Period and early Republic. Items from the Dumbarton House collections will be included, along with pieces borrowed from private and public collections such as Tudor Place Historic House and Garden and The Lyceum in Alexandria, VA. |
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| http://www.dumbartonhouse.org/current_ex.htm |
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| Artists in Their Studios |
| Gari Melchers Home and Studio |
| 09/13/2008 Thru 11/23/2009 |
| "Artists in Their Studios" features 55 vintage photographs of American artists in their studios. From the sumpiously furnished studios of the late nineteenth century to the austere workrooms of the present day, studio spaces have played a dynamic role in the history of American art - not simply reflecting aesthetic visions, but informing them. This look at artists in their studios, through photographs and documents from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, offers a behind-the-scenes view |
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| www.GariMelchers.org |
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| Picturing Health: Norman Rockwell and the Art of Rockwell and the Art of |
| Gari Melchers Home and Studio |
| 10/31/2009 Thru 01/31/2010 |
| Organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum
The central theme of Picturing Health is, naturally, health and well-being as depicted in art. It explores the doctor/patient relationship, physical fitness, and health and healing through the beloved narratives of Norman Rockwell produced for the Lambert, Upjohn and American Optical Companies in the last century, and now owned by the Pfizer Collection. In addition to the eleven outstanding original canvases by Rockwell are featured 14 of today’s preeminent illustrators for the pages of Healthy Living, Men’s Health, Newsweek, The New York Times and The New Yorker. Their imagery presents a contemporary perspective on many of the same health-related subjects explored nearly 50 years earlier by Rockwell.
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| Contact: David Berreth, Director, 540-654-1840, dberreth@umw.edu |
| www.GariMelchers.org |
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| Artistic Differences: Second Annual Hermitage Studio Artist Exhibition |
| Hermitage Museum & Gardens |
| 11/06/2008 Thru 11/23/2008 |
| The Hermitage Museum & Gardens will hold the second annual Hermitage Studio Artist exhibition, Artistic Differences, November 7 - 23, with a free public opening reception Thursday, November 6th from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The artists will also hold a special Open House event in connection with the exhibit on Sunday, November 23rd from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the Cottage studios. The Open House is a wonderful opportunity to purchase unique gifts for the holidays.
The Hermitage opened the doors of |
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| Contact: |
| www.thfm.org |
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| All Time Favorites: Best Loved Works from the Kluge-Ruhe Collection |
| Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection |
| 08/26/2008 Thru 08/09/2009 |
| All Time Favorites: Best Loved Works from the Kluge-Ruhe Collection includes paintings on bark and canvas, sculpture and objects representing many art styles and techniques used by Aboriginal artists from different regions of Australia. |
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| www.virginia.edu/kluge-ruhe |
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| Only the Finest: General MacArthur's Honor Guard |
| MacArthur Memorial |
| 10/02/2007 Thru 12/31/2008 |
| Comprised of men hand-picked for the assignment, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur’s Honor Guard was one of the most important and visible parts of the General’s official family during the closing months of World War II and throughout the Occupation of Japan. The members of this elite unit were selected based on their military bearing, intelligence and physical stature. Every combat Division of the U.S. Army in the Pacific was represented in its ranks. They were the best of the best. They had to be – General MacArthur would accept no less than the best for the men entrusted to provide security not only for himself and his Headquarters but for his family as well. Only the Finest: General MacArthur’s Honor Guard examines a heretofore little-known unit that was such a large part of General MacArthur’s military family. |
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| Contact: Charlie Knight
Curator, MacArthur Memorial
757-441-2965
charles.knight@norfolk.gov |
| www.macarthurmemorial.org/Honor_Guard.asp |
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| MacArthur's Airmen: Far East Air Force |
| MacArthur Memorial |
| 08/16/2008 Thru 12/31/2009 |
| The air war in the Pacific Theater during World War II is often overlooked and over-shadowed by the battles which took place in the skies above Europe. The U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe had the luxury of better planes, better support and more personnel than their counterparts in the Pacific. The saga of the Army Air Force in the Pacific was to do the most with what they had – which at times was very little. Far East Air Force operated out of more than 50 different islands, flew over an area larthan the United States, and carried the war from Australia to Japan itself, all while turning men and aircraft around for the next mission as quickly as possible.
MacArthur’s Airmen: Far East Air Force tells the story of Far East Air Force, the airmen who served under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific during World War II and the Korean War, using many artifacts and photographs which will be displayed for the first time. Highlights include a leather flight jacket belonging to FEAF commander, General George C. Kenney; a 50-caliber machine gun from a P-40 Warhawk; American and Japanese flight suits; and a runway light from the large airfield on the island of Tinian. |
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| www.macarthurmemorial.org |
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| Maymont’s Wreath Workshops |
| Maymont |
| 12/02/2008 Thru 12/04/2008 |
| Maymont’s Wreath Workshops
Tuesday, December 2, 6pm; Wednesday-Thursday, December 3-4, 9am & 6pm, Stone Barn
Have you ever strolled through Maymont around the holidays and envied the beautiful greenery decorating the estate? Sign up for one of these popular workshops and learn from the experts how to create the spectacular wreaths used at Maymont. Greens, forms, wire and instruction are supplied; bring your own clippers. Create one special wreath to take home and help make another for Maymont. |
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| http://www.maymont.org |
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