Here are my plans for the Keller Gallery:
Life in Miniature
October 16, 2009 - February 14, 2010
This exhibit will feature dollhouses and miniatures from the Museum's collection, as well as pieces on loan from the community. Please contact Curator Kim Kenney if you have a dollhouse you'd like to display!
A Stitch in Time: Highlights from the Quilt and Coverlet Collections
February 26 - June 6, 2010
View quilts and coverlets from the Museum's permanent collection, including McKinley campaign quilts, mid-19th century coverlets from itinerant weavers and colorful crazy quilts.
The Victorian Age
June 18 - November 21, 2010
Featuring furniture, dresses and other period artifacts from the Museum's permanent collection. Learn more about fan language, flower meanings and Victorian mourning customs.
White House Gardens
A SMITHSONIAN TRAVELING EXHIBITION!
December 3, 2010 - January 30, 2011
If the White House is the "People's House," then its gardens are truly America's gardens. From Easter egg rolls and ceremonies honoring fellow citizens, to treaty signings and receptions for heads of state, the gardens and grounds surrounding the White House bear the mark of history.
Celebrating the Sixties!
February - May 2011
Remember this tumultuous decade with funky clothing, hats, purses and more! We'll explore the fads, the headlines and the social movements that shaped the 1960s.
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Coming in the future from the White House Historical Association:
White House Christmas
November - December 2011
White House Horses
Booked in 2012
White House Impressions
Booked in 2013
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Working White House in the Repository
Thank you again to Gary Brown for a wonderful article about The Working White House exhibit!
Click here to read about it!
The opening went well on Friday night. I hope you will all get to see it some time this summer.
Click here to read about it!
The opening went well on Friday night. I hope you will all get to see it some time this summer.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
All set!
The Working White House is ready to open tomorrow!
It has been one tough week of hard work, that's for sure. I finished up the quasi-exhibits in the former Industrial Hall this morning. I think we made it look nice, for the hodge podge of artifacts that it is!
Here's what it looks like now:
There are now mid-20th century hats, plus the furniture that is going into the new exhibit. I will be putting a few artifacts in one more case, as soon as Steve has everything cleared out from the new door. Those will be things that are going in the new exhibit too. The mannequins that are now at the art museum will be coming back next week and will go in the Industrial Hall too.
So very little will be closed this summer for visitors. Only the Historical Hall, and only when Steve is working in there.
I'm looking forward to the opening tomorrow night!!!
It has been one tough week of hard work, that's for sure. I finished up the quasi-exhibits in the former Industrial Hall this morning. I think we made it look nice, for the hodge podge of artifacts that it is!
Here's what it looks like now:
There are now mid-20th century hats, plus the furniture that is going into the new exhibit. I will be putting a few artifacts in one more case, as soon as Steve has everything cleared out from the new door. Those will be things that are going in the new exhibit too. The mannequins that are now at the art museum will be coming back next week and will go in the Industrial Hall too.
So very little will be closed this summer for visitors. Only the Historical Hall, and only when Steve is working in there.
I'm looking forward to the opening tomorrow night!!!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Audio tours of The Working White House
I just got done listening to the audio tour of The Working White House.
One word.
AMAZING!!
The audio tour contains interview clips with the people whose photos and artifact are on view.
Perhaps the most wonderful discovery of all was that houseman Jerry Smith, who worked at the White House during McKinley's administration, was very close to the President. According to the audio tour, McKinley talked to him as if he was one of his advisers! Very cool.
Remember -- FREE OPENING this Friday night. If you can't make that, the exhibit will be on view all summer long.
Come see it! You will be impressed. I guarantee it.
One word.
AMAZING!!
The audio tour contains interview clips with the people whose photos and artifact are on view.
Perhaps the most wonderful discovery of all was that houseman Jerry Smith, who worked at the White House during McKinley's administration, was very close to the President. According to the audio tour, McKinley talked to him as if he was one of his advisers! Very cool.
Remember -- FREE OPENING this Friday night. If you can't make that, the exhibit will be on view all summer long.
Come see it! You will be impressed. I guarantee it.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
28 More Days to VOTE!!
Please take a second to vote for us in the Nickelodeon contest. All you have to do is click on the logo above right and it will take you right to the site.
We are holding steady at 53% for the past few days, but at our highest we were at 58%.
So PLEASE VOTE!!
We are holding steady at 53% for the past few days, but at our highest we were at 58%.
So PLEASE VOTE!!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Working White House opens THIS FRIDAY!
This exhibit is phenomenal. Seriously, you will absolutely love it!!
There is a free exhibit opening this Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Please RSVP so we can get a good count for the evening.
You don't want to miss this exhibit! It will be on view through August 30 -- what a great place to bring your out of town guests this summer!!!
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