Exhibition Opening

Opening Day Huntsville Photographic Society: 2023 Members' Showcase Sunday, May 7 | 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. View the museum’s newest exhibition, Huntsville Photographic Society: 2023 Members' Showcase. This exhibition is an annual juried selection of approximately 50 outstanding photographs by members of the Huntsville Photographic Society. HPS was founded in 1964 to promote the [...]

Opening Day The Artist Abroad Sunday, May 7 | 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Enjoy the museum's newest exhibition, The Artist Abroad. In the decades following the U.S. Civil War, many American artists eagerly flocked to Europe’s great art centers, seeking inspiration, patronage, and formal artistic training. Traversing the continent and frequently settling in cities [...]

Opening Day American Identity Sunday, June 11 | 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. View the Museum’s newest exhibition, American Identity. In one word, how would you describe yourself? How is the way you describe yourself different from how others describe you? Identity is shaped, formed, and expressed in complex ways. For artists, portraiture has long [...]

Opening Day A Graphic Journey: Prints by Pablo Picasso from the Dr. Timothy Collins Collection Saturday, July 15 | 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. View the museum’s newest exhibition, A Graphic Journey: Prints by Pablo Picasso from the Timothy Collins Collection. This exhibition presents an insightful gathering of approximately 60 prints by one of the great [...]

Opening Day The Rise of Modernism: European Prints from the Permanent Collection Sunday, July 16 | 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. View the Museum’s newest exhibition, The Rise of Modernism: European Prints from the Permanent Collection. After the invention of photography, printmaking as a medium was no longer utilitarian–required as a tool of preproduction–it could [...]

Opening Day Rania Matar: SHE Saturday, August 19 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. View the Museum’s newest exhibition, Rania Matar: SHE. SHE features 50 large-scale color images of contemporary girls transitioning into womanhood by Lebanese-American photographer Rania Matar. Born and raised in Lebanon, Matar moved to the United States in 1984. She has dedicated [...]