Current Exhibitions
Snapshots
Faces and places frozen in time capture the resilience of humanity in the midst of WWI. Drawing from the unique and extensive Museum and Memorial collection, this stunning exhibition showcases a careful selection of more than 100 images that chronicle intimate experiences and transform our understanding of the Great War. These photos – many never seen in public – capture what was perhaps the last, or only, images recorded of many of their subjects. One brief moment, made lasting in history. Open Oct. 29, 2021 – April 3, 2022, Wylie Gallery
Empires at War: Austria and Russia
An aspect of the war often less surveyed, the Eastern Front had cataclysmic results for the millions affected. By the close of World War I, four empires had collapsed, including both the Russian and the Austro-Hungarian Empires, and a new world order followed. Drawing from original objects recently added to the Museum and Memorial’s collection, Empires at War: Austria and Russia features an extraordinary collection of never-before-seen Austrian and Russian material culture – uniforms, equipment, flags, hats, helmets and more. Opens Aug. 27, 2021, Exhibit Hall
Why Keep That?
Collecting, cataloguing, conserving. The heart of a museum is its collection, but how do Museums make decisions and who gets to answer the question, “Why Keep That?” This exhibition follows the journey of a collection item from the moment it is donated to the Museum, to the decision-making and archival process of our collections staff. To help illustrate, archival staff track the processing and digitization of a collection of 16 objects and share behind-the-scenes information about obtaining the artifacts, processing the items and storing and protecting them. Opens Jan. 27, 2021, Ellis Gallery
Votes & Voices
On Aug. 26, 1920, after more than a century and half of activism, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect, officially barring discrimination of voting explicitly based upon one’s “sex.” The passage and ratification of the amendment was deeply influenced by women’s significant involvement on the battle and homefronts during World War I coupled with unrelenting political organizing. Votes & Voices explores some of the history of the women’s suffrage movement and its connections to the Great War, largely from the perspectives of the women who fought for democracy at home and abroad. Opens July 29, 2020, West Lobby Gallery