Galleries

Colorful Characters: Storytelling Through Comics

Thompson Gallery

Colorful Characters: Storytelling through Comics    

June 9 – September 13

It’s a bird. It’s a plane . . . It’s Superman! The Man of Steel will be one of the many characters in this action-packed exhibit with over 125 comic books, original artwork, graphic novels, and collectibles. Little superheroes can have adventures with family-friendly interactives like Superman’s phone booth and Batman’s Batmobile!

Families will have fun at Superhero Saturday , on Saturday, June 27 4-7pm and Superman’s Birthday Party on Tuesday, June 30; 1-3pm.

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Two-Dimensional Fame: Celebrity Paper Dolls

Egbert Gallery

March 13 – September 6

For centuries paper dolls have provided hours of delight for children and have captured society’s fascination with the icons of pop culture, history, and politics. Beautifully detailed faces and fashions of the museum’s collection bring to life colorful paper models of Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable from Gone With The Wind, comic strip character, Blondie, and Disney favorites, Pocahontas and Aladdin. This whimsical art form immortalizes social figures like Martin Luther King, Jr., John and Jackie Kennedy, Princess Diana, as well as today’s first family, The Obama’s.

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Barbie: Forever Young

Open March 28

Celebrate Barbie’s 50th birthday with a display of Remember posing and playing with “The Teen-Age Fashion Doll” in a parade of the most popularBarbie dolls, fashions and accessories from the past five decades.

Reading Lace: The Stories Threads Can Tell

West Gallery

April 14 - July 5

Even though you can't really tell your fortune in a lace pattern, it's till fascinating stuff to look at. Lace has been used to embellish everything from underwear to wedding gowns for hundreds of years. Come "read" the lace from our collection, learn the different parts that make up a lace and see the wide variety of fabrics that are called by that name.

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The Enchanted Forest

Family Discovery Gallery

Open through August 31

Venture into a land of magical woodlands of gnomes and fairies. Mix a potion, dress in costume and play with a wee-folk house. Hear mythical folk and fairy tales at the listening station. Related programming available for schools, scouts and after school programs. Contact the museums education department for more information.

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