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If Antiques Could Talk
Nan Skier, CollectorThursday, February 4, 10:30am$10 Members; $15 NonmembersJust in time for Valentine’s Day, Nan Skier shows her collection of lover’s eye jewelry. This intriguing art form originated with the Prince of Wales i...
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The Lady with the Ship on Her Head
Saturday, January 16, 11amFREEA funny story about a lady with one crazy hat!
Bart the Art Bat selects one book each month about art that he thinks children will enjoy. (Note new time.)...
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Meet the Buten Collection
Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, PhD, The Marguerite Jones Harbert and John M. Harbert III Curator of Decorative Arts Thursday, January 14, 10:30am$10 Members; $15 Non-membersThe acquisition of the more than 8,000 pieces in the Buten We...
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Portrait of the Colonized as a Femme Fatale: The Muhammadan Salomé in George Merle’s L’Envoûteuse (1883)
Lamia Ben Youssef Zayzafoon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, UABTuesday, January 12, NoonFREEDr. Zay...
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Emily Hanna, PhD, Curator of the Art of Africa and the AmericasSunday, January 3, 2pm, FREEDon't miss this final chance to tour Lift Every Voice, the first installation in the newly designated African-American Art gallery. Curator Emily Hanna will guide y...
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Sunday, December 20, 2pmFREE. Led by Nancy Crook, docent. Tour meets in the Lobby....
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Bart has picked out his favorite stories from American History to share with you! These special selections will be read by famous figures from American history! *recommended for kids ages 4-7Saturday, December 19, 10amGo on a wild west adventure that took...
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Thursday, December 17, 6pmSteiner Auditorium
FREE. A rising star of contemporary art, Walead Beshty will present the Museum's Second Annual John Morton Lecture in Photography. Beshty's work takes many forms, but central to his practice is examining p...
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You Say You Want a Revolution?: Rip Van Winkle and the Problem of American IdentityTuesday, December 8, Noon
Chris Metress, PhD, Director, University Fellows Program, Samford University
FREE. In this 30-minute gallery talk, Metress discusses what Rip Va...
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Monday, December 7, 200911am-7pmFREE to Members
Click here to join or renew!Join us for an exclusive Members-only shopping day, open house, and private viewing of the exhibition Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale Univ...
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Thursday, December 3, NoonSteiner Auditoriumco-sponsored by The Alabama Booksmith
Robert M. Edsel’s fascination with the Monuments Men began while he was living in Florence, Italy, in the late 1990s. Standing on the Ponte Vecchio, he wondered how so...
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Tuesday, December 1, 7:30pm
Yakov Kasman, internationally renowned concert pianist
Beginning at 6pm, curators will give guided tours of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (ticket purchase required) and Lift Every Voice: African-American Art fro...
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Bart has picked out his favorite stories from American History to share with you! These special selections will be read by famous figures from American history! *recommended for kids ages 4-7Saturday, November 21, 10 am
Discover how early frontiersman Jo...
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Thursday, November 19, 6pmSteiner AuditoriumFREE. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, PhD, the Marguerite Jones Harbert and John M. Harbert III Curator of Decorative Arts, will deliver a lecture on the Museum's Wedgwood Collection, the finest outside of England. ...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009 **at Vulcan ParkGraham C. Boettcher, Ph.D., The William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art
*The lecture is free. Admission required for Vulcan Park Museum and tower (free for Vulcan Park Museum members, $6.00 adults).
As the...
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Friday, November 13, 6 pmSteiner AuditoriumAlexander Nemerov, PhD, Chair, History of Art Department, Yale UniversityFREE. Between 1906 and 1909, in the last few years of his life, Frederic Remington painted some of his greatest pictures—a series of nigh...
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Thursday, November 12, 6-9pm$6 for college students and faculty with ID (includes admission to the exhibition Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness)Go old school! Whether you choose to play “Born in the USA” on the big-screen version of “Rock ...
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Loking for the perfect holiday gft? From November 3 through December 14, Bromberg's Fine Jewelers will generously contribute a percentage of all Wedgwood sales to the Museum. This includes purchases of the limited edition, Wedgwood 250th anniversary p...
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Come celebrate Veterans Day at the Museum! Veterans and active military will receive FREE admission to the exhibition Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, with any accompanying families and friends receiving half price admission on Tuesday, Nov...
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Thursday, November 5, 6 pmSteiner AuditoriumGraham C. Boettcher, PhD, The William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art FREE. Boettcher will reveal the “hidden” legacy of slavery in Yale’s collection through a discussion of masterworks by John Smibert...
