Key	Imgs	Short Description
2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Bldg	10	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Building
2018_DC_GWU_Museum_FD_181110	48	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Event: Family Day: I Can See My House From Here! (w/Peter Waddell) Family Day: I Can See My House From Here! Featuring Peter Waddell, "Eye of the Bird" artist and historian Washington looks quite grand, even from above. Enjoy a day of family-friendly activities designed to help you see D.C. from a bird’s eye perspective. Contribute to our three-dimensional map by...
2018_DC_GWU_Waddell_181203	53	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Event: Painting L’Enfant’s Washington (w/Peter Waddell) Lecture: Painting L’Enfant’s Washington Peter Waddell, "Eye of the Bird" artist and historian See Washington, D.C., as it looked more than 200 years ago, through new bird’s eye view paintings depicting the city’s origins, on view in Eye of the Bird: Visions and Views of D.C.’s Past. Artist Peter...
2022_DC_GWU_Museum_ArtistDC	31	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: An Artist's Washington An Artist's Washington Through March 25, 2023 Landscapes from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection show how artists past and present look beyond iconic landmarks to depict neighborhood streetscapes and natural features of the capital city. About the Exhibition Washington, D.C. is most...
2023_DC_GWU_Museum_Lindberg	22	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light? Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light? Through July 1, 2023 Contemporary artist Anne Lindberg’s immersive installation transforms light and thread into a site for contemplation and reflection on connections with ourselves, communities and individual conceptions of the divine. A series of programs...
2022_DC_GWU_Museum_Edge	57	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: At the Water's Edge: DC and the Potomac At the Water's Edge: DC and the Potomac Through August 27, 2022 Washington, D.C.’s history is intertwined with the Potomac River, which flows for hundreds of miles through Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia before emptying into the Chesapeake Bay. This exhibition of historical maps,...
2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Laid	27	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Best Laid Plans: Designs for a Capital City Best Laid Plans: Designs for a Capital City Detail of print showing plans for the National Mall June 15–December 22, 2019 Every landmark in Washington, D.C., has a story. Some never made it past the drawing board. This exhibition examines unrealized designs for the Washington Monument, Memorial...
2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Making	81	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Civil War & Making of Modern Washington The Civil War and the Making of Modern Washington March 21–October 15, 2015 Washington, D.C. underwent remarkable changes, both physically and politically, as a result of the American Civil War. The Civil War and the Making of Modern Washington examines the city’s transformations from the beginning of...
2023_DC_GWU_Museum_CWash	80	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Classical Washington Classical Washington Through November 18, 2023 Public architecture and monuments across the city of Washington reveal the influence of the ancient world. Organized with GW professor Elise Friedland, this exhibition demonstrates how the Founding Fathers and subsequent government leaders favored Greek...
2020_DC_GWU_Museum_Cotsen	90	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Delight in Discovery: The Global Collections of Lloyd Cotsen Delight in Discovery: The Global Collections of Lloyd Cotsen Through July 5, 2020 A prolific collector, Lloyd Cotsen (1929–2017) assembled thousands of textile fragments, garments, and other artworks that reflected his admiration for indigenous cultures and vanishing artistic traditions. His ultimate...
2022_DC_GWU_Museum_Salon	43	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Downstairs Salon I had never been down the stairs in the Albert Small section but they had a salon-type area of framed prints and engravings.
2024_01_13A3_GWU_Museum_DCF4F	60	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: D.C. Fights for Freedom D.C. Fights for Freedom January 13 - July 20, 2024 As the capital city, D.C. has repeatedly found itself at the center of the nation’s ongoing struggle for freedom, representation and equal rights. Drawing from special collections at GW, this exhibition highlights some of the D.C. leaders and events...
2019_DC_GWU_Museum_4FreePr	293	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms -- 1 Before 4Freedom paintings Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms February 13, 2019 through April 29, 2019 Norman Rockwell’s masterpieces make their way to Washington as part of a major international traveling exhibition on the Four Freedoms famously outlined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech;...
2019_DC_GWU_Museum_4Free	156	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms -- 2 Four Freedom paintings Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms February 13, 2019 through April 29, 2019 Norman Rockwell’s masterpieces make their way to Washington as part of a major international traveling exhibition on the Four Freedoms famously outlined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech;...
2019_DC_GWU_Museum_4FreePo	118	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms -- 3 After 4Freedom paintings Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms February 13, 2019 through April 29, 2019 Norman Rockwell’s masterpieces make their way to Washington as part of a major international traveling exhibition on the Four Freedoms famously outlined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech;...
2019_DC_GWU_Museum_4FreeR	120	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms -- 4 Reimagining 4Freedom paintings Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms February 13, 2019 through April 29, 2019 Norman Rockwell’s masterpieces make their way to Washington as part of a major international traveling exhibition on the Four Freedoms famously outlined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech;...
2018_DC_GWU_Museum_Eye	152	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Eye of the Bird: Visions and Views of D.C.'s Past Eye of the Bird: Visions and Views of D.C.'s Past Through December 23, 2018 This exhibition examines the evolution of Washington, D.C., through two newly commissioned panoramic landscape paintings by local artist Peter Waddell and related works. One painting shows the grand city that planner Peter...
2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Found	116	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Foundations for a Nation Foundations for a Nation: Architectural Images from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection To today’s visitor, the U.S. Capitol and White House buildings are so familiar they feel both permanent and inevitable. In the early nineteenth century, however, the look and use of these symbols of...
2020_DC_GWU_Museum_World	105	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: George Washington and His World George Washington and His World Through July 26, 2020 Washington, D.C., is inextricably linked with its namesake, George Washington. Two other sites are also part of this founding father’s story: Mount Vernon and Alexandria, Va. Curated by GW students, this display of letters, prints, and artifacts...
2023_DC_GWU_Museum_HQuilts	32	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts Handstitced Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts Through December 23, 2023 Quilts, like maps, trace the personal stories and experiences of makers and their communities, often illuminating larger historical events and cultural trends. Handstitched Worlds...
2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Woodhall	19	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Historic Woodhull House
2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Ebony	90	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair Through July 24, 2017 For fifty years, the Ebony Fashion Fair shaped a new vision of black America through contemporary fashion. This exhibition of stunning ensembles by leading designers tells the story of the fair’s creator Eunice W. Johnson, who...
2024_01_13A4_GWU_Museum_Irresist	5	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Irresistible: The Global Patterns of Ikat Irresistible: The Global Patterns of Ikat February 24-June 1, 2024 Prized worldwide for producing vivid patterns and colors, the ancient resist-dyeing technique of ikat developed independently in communities across Asia, Africa and the Americas, where it continues to inspire artists and designers...
2024_04_04C1_GWU_Ikat	98	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Irresistible: The Global Patterns of Ikat Irresistible: The Global Patterns of Ikat Through June 1, 2024 Prized worldwide for producing vivid patterns and colors, the ancient resist-dyeing technique of ikat developed independently in communities across Asia, Africa and the Americas, where it continues to inspire artists and designers today.... (Partially reviewed)
2022_DC_GWU_Museum_KoreanF	60	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Korean Fashion: From Royal Court to Runway Korean Fashion: From Royal Court to Runway Through December 22, 2022 Innovations in fashion, music, film, and other arts have propelled Korea to the forefront of the world’s creative stage. This major exhibition explores the extraordinary transformation of Korean costume and fashion over the last 125...
2022_DC_GWU_Museum_PennAve	35	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Life on Pennsylvania Avenue Life on Pennsylvania Avenue Through March 25, 2023 Take a walk down Pennsylvania Avenue through photographs, prints and artifacts from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection. From the White House to the Capitol, this exhibition explores the federal buildings and businesses that lined America’s...
2023_DC_GWU_Museum_Prayer	18	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Prayer and Transcendence Prayer and Transcendence Through July 1, 2023 In the Muslim faith, carpets create physically and spiritually “clean” spaces during the daily ritual of prayer. Drawn from five collections, this exhibition introduces the purpose and iconography of classical prayer rugs from across the Islamic world, as...
2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Seat	53	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Seat of Empire Seat of Empire: Planning Washington, 1790–1801 March 21–October 15, 2015 Washington, D.C. was the result of political compromise and artistic imagination. In 1792, George Washington charged French-born architect Peter L’Enfant with a momentous task: to envision the capital of a new nation from a swath...
2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Songs	60	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Songs of the Civil War Songs of the Civil War June 15–December 22, 2019 During the American Civil War, music had the power to inspire patriotism and service, and to capture loss on the battlefield. This exhibition showcases historical sheet music that provided the soundtrack to a nation divided by war.
2022_DC_GWU_Museum_Maps	34	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: The Language of Maps The Language of Maps Through August 27, 2022 Before the digital age, generations of explorers, governments, scientists and travelers relied on printed maps for navigation, urban planning, military strategy and more. Drawing from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, this exhibition brings...
2023_DC_GWU_Museum_NavalM	50	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: The New Naval and Military Map of the United States The New Naval and Military Map of the United States Through November 18, 2023 The Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection holds a rare map of North America during the Civil War, which is embellished with portraits of political and military leaders, nationalistic scenes and statistical charts. GW...
2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure	2	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection
2017_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure	46	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection
2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure	17	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection
2020_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure	48	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection
2022_DC_GWU_Museum_Treasure	30	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection Ongoing Visit the Albert H. Small Gallery to explore the history of Washington, D.C., through this selection of maps, letters, prints and artifacts from the museum’s Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection. About the Display: Highlights of the...
2024_01_13A1_GWU_Museum_Treasure	50	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection
2015_DC_GWU_Museum_Textile	24	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Unraveling Identity Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories March 21–August 24, 2015 The largest exhibition in Textile Museum history, Unraveling Identity unites textiles from across cultures to explore expressions of individual, cultural, political, and social identity throughout the ages. Throughout time and...
2024_01_13A2_GWU_Museum_Play	75	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Washingtonians at Work and Play Washingtonians at Work and Play January 13 - July 20, 2024 What did life look like for Washington’s 19th-century residents? Much like today, D.C. residents studied at universities, worked for government agencies, and enjoyed concerts, museums and national ceremonies unique to the capital city....
2019_DC_GWU_Museum_Woven	67	DC -- GWU -- Museum and Textile Museum -- Exhibit: Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt Through January 5, 2020 In the early medieval era, the eastern Mediterranean’s palaces, villas, and sacred spaces were richly decorated with hangings, curtains, and other luxury fabrics. Bringing together rarely displayed artworks from the fourth to the...

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