Past Exhibitions

Rails of the World: Paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne

Enjoy 42 framed watercolors by Canadian artist/naturalist Lansdowne, which illustrate Secretary Ripley's forthcoming bird book, "Rails of the World."

March 17, 1977 – May 1, 1977

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

Going to Housekeeping

View articles of furniture needed to set up housekeeping in the mid-19th century.

April 1, 1977 – April 30, 1977

American History Museum

Selections from the National Postal Stamp Collection Exhibited at the International Philatelic Exhibition, Summer 1976

View material from the Reference Collection that was displayed this summer in Philadelphia.

January 1, 1977 – April 30, 1977

American History Museum

Architectural Drawings from 19th Century Berlin

See Cooper-Hewitt's contribution to a city-wide celebration Berlin--Profile of a Metropolis, sponsored by Goethe House, New York.

April 11, 1977 – April 29, 1977

Robert B. Mayer Collection

Visit 19 works loaned from a large private contemporary art collection. Included are works by Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham, Don Eddy, Paul Feeley and Robert Nickle.

March 4, 1977 – April 17, 1977

14 Canadians: A Critic's Choice

Visit an exhibition of 42 recent works by 13 painters and one sculptor that is being held in conjunction with a Symposium on 20th century Canadian culture.

February 3, 1977 – April 10, 1977

Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor

Witness the first major retrospective exhibition of one of America's most prolific sculptors of public monuments. Made up of 55 works, the pieces fange from small plaster studies to larger-than-life bronzes.

February 11, 1977 – April 10, 1977

China Revisited: Ink Paintings by Thomas George

See 62 works done during a 1976 visit to the People's Republic of China. George's interpretations of mountains, cliffs and valleys is a combination of abstract and fact.

February 18, 1977 – April 10, 1977

Anacostia Community Museum

Americas: The Decorative Arts in Latin America in the Era of the Revolution

Consider the richness of design, crafts and decorative arts of the other countries of the Americas during the late 18th century (the time of our Revolution).

October 19, 1976 – April 3, 1977

Renwick Gallery

Air Traffic Control

Tour early and current methods of air-traffic control in all weather conditions.

July 4, 1976 – April 3, 1977

Air and Space Museum

Flags of Famous Black Military Units

View reproductions of 7 flags representing the participation of blacks in U.S. military forces from the American Revolution through World War II.

February 13, 1977 – March 31, 1977

Recent American Etchings

See 43 etchings, mezzotints, and aquatints, the majority of which were created in the late 60s by artists with reputations in painting and sculpture.

January 28, 1977 – March 20, 1977

Locks from Iran: Pre-Islamic to Twentieth Century

Examine the art and technology of lockmaking, particularly the padlock, shown in 460 examples of Persian metalwork.

January 29, 1977 – March 6, 1977

Not the Model Boy

See an exhibition of Mark Twain portraits, photos, books and documents marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

December 9, 1976 – March 5, 1977

Portrait Gallery

Chac-Mool: A Bicentennial Loan from Mexico

On loan from the National Museum of History and Anthropology, Mexico City, is a major piece of Maya-Toltec sculpture (978-1185 A.D.) In addition, 12-15 Meso-American works from the HMSG collection are on view.

November 19, 1976 – March 5, 1977

Native American People: Photographs by Susanne Anderson

Visit Ms. Anderson's work, described as having "intimate realism without intrusion of privacy of the individual or tribe."

January 3, 1977 – February 27, 1977

Native Americans 500 Years Later

Photographer Jose C. Farber's work shows Indians as they live today in the U.S.

January 3, 1977 – February 27, 1977

Peter Plagens: Works on Paper

Visit a loan exhibition of about 33 works in mixed media and pastel by the West Coast artist and author of Sunshine Muse: Contemporary Art on the West Coast.

December 2, 1976 – February 6, 1977

e.e. cummings: The Poet as Artist

See the HMSG collection of 63 drawings, 5 watercolors and one oil painting by the American poet exhibited as part of Inscapes: Words and Images, a city-wide festival of poetry and its relation to the visual arts.

December 2, 1976 – February 6, 1977