Past Exhibitions

Ballet costume worn by Marianna Tcherkassky

American Ballet

Closed June 18, 2017
Artificial Heart Valves

Mending Broken Hearts: Innovation Inside the Body

Closed March 26, 2017
Adaptive motocross racer Mike Schultz rides during an event

Everyone Plays!

Closed March 26, 2017
Universal Kitchen book cover

Access! Everyone! Everywhere!

Closed March 23, 2017
American pottery, 1880-1920

Artifact Walls - Art Pottery and Glass in America, 1880s-1920s

Closed March 12, 2017
Fantastic Worlds

Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction 1780-1910

Closed February 26, 2017
the Noire Marine Atlas

The Norie Atlas and the Guano Trade

Closed January 29, 2017
Circus toy

Toys and Childhood

Closed January 22, 2017
Phyllis Diller's joke file

Laughing Matters

Closed January 22, 2017
Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit puppets from Captain Kangaroo

Puppets & Muppets

Closed January 22, 2017
Souvenir section of transatlantic cable, 1866, packaged by Tiffany & Co

Cyrus Field and the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

Closed November 27, 2016
Photo of Hooray for Politics exhibit

Hooray for Politics!

Closed November 15, 2016
Glass blower

Artifact Walls - Science Under Glass

Closed September 18, 2016
Prince's "Yellow Cloud" electric guitar, 1989

Prince Memorium Case

Closed September 5, 2016
Pendulum

Continuity and Change: Fifty Years of Museum History

Closed August 22, 2016
Frank Sinatra

Artifact Walls - Frank Sinatra at 100

Closed July 10, 2016
Photo of Ray Charles, 1968

Artifact Walls - Ray Charles: "The Genius"

Closed July 4, 2016
Silver gelatin photographic print by Francis Wolff. "The Opener," Curtis Fuller at recording session with Mobley, Timmons, Chambers, Taylor, 16 June 1957. Francis Wolff Jazz Photoprints. (AC1238-0000010)

The Blue Note Photographs of Francis Wolff

Closed June 30, 2016
Signing of the Hart-Celler Act

Hart-Celler Act

Closed May 5, 2016
George Sidney reads a script with Lena Horne

George Sidney: Creativity and Innovation in Golden Age Hollywood

Closed March 31, 2016

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