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Kentucky Museum
Changing Exhibits
Kentucky Building | Western Kentucky University Campus | (270) 745-2592
Current Exhibits
- VSA arts Bowling Green Side by Side - January 17 - March 31, 2010 (Garden Gallery)
- Snell_Franklin Decorative Arts Gallery - (Third Floor Gallery)
- Dorothy Grider's Illustrious Career - July 1 - February 14, 2010 (Kentucky Library Second Floor Gallery)
- Eleanor Clark at Yaddo (Kentucky Library Second Floor Gallery)
- A Star in Each Flag: Conflict in Kentucky (First Floor Gallery)
- Recommended by Duncan Hines (First Floor Gallery)
- Felts Log House (Building Grounds)
- Western 100: A Century of Spirit (First Floor Gallery)
- Roads, Rails and Rivers: Warren County Then and Now (First Floor Gallery)
- Hascal Haile: Guitar-maker to the Stars (First Floor Gallery)
- Taking the Mystery Out of Prehistory (First Floor Gallery)
Upcoming Exhibits
- Playing Our Song: Southern Kentucky Notes - Opens February 27 (Kentucky Library Second Floor Gallery)
- US Bank Celebration of the Arts Open Art Exhibition - February 28 - April 3, 2010 (Second and Third Floor Galleries)
- 2010 Art Department Spring Graduating Seniors Exhibition - April 17 - May 15, 2010 (Third Floor Gallery)
- 2010 Interior Design Senior Thesis Show - April 27 - May 15, 2010 (Garden Gallery)
- Quilts Inspired by Books: Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society Annual Show - May 21 - June 6, 2010 (Third Floor Gallery)
- Settling Schweizer: Scenes of an Immigrant Community - May 29 - August 31, 2010 (Garden Gallery)
- Duncan Hines Festival Art Contest - Opens August, 2010 (Third Floor Gallery)
- Aqua Venture - September 18 - October 17, 2010 (Third Floor Gallery)
Current and Upcoming Exhibits
VSA arts Bowling Green Side by Side
January 17 - March 31, 2010
The Kentucky Library & Museum and VSA arts of Kentucky have partnered to produce an exhibition of artwork created during VSA arts workshops help at the museum. The exhibit features artwork of students with disabilities, area artists, and the artwork they have created collaboratively. VSA arts of Kentucky is a statewide, non profit organization dedicated to promoting arts, education and creative expression for all, with an emphasis on persons with disabilities.
Playing Our Song: Southern Kentucky Notes
Opens February 27, 2010
Southern Kentuckians love music! From the ammateur playing his Hawaiin steel guitar to the singers and bands that have put WKU on the map, this region's musical heritage is rich. Whether you like Country, Classical, Rap or Rock, you will find that Southern Kentuckians are indeed playing your song.
U.S. Bank "Celebration of the Arts" 2010 Open Art Exhibition
February 28 -April 3, 2010This competitive art exhibition is open to all professional and amateur artists living in Kentucky within a 65-mile radius of Bowling Green. Click here for online information and entry forms. For additional information contact Donna Parker at (270) 745-6083 or kymus@wku.edu. Sponsored by U.S. Bank, Dorothy Grider, WKU Libraries, and Friends of the Libraries and Museum.
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2010 Art Department Spring Graduating Seniors Exhibition
April 17-May 15, 2010This exhibition features the work of WKU seniors graduating from the Department of Art. Nearly 30 students will present a representative body of work in the areas of graphic design, painting, ceramics, sculpture, art education, printmaking and weaving.
2010 Interior Design Senior Thesis Show
April 27-May 15, 2010The Galloway Motors building at 600 State Street in Bowling Green is the thesis project of Western's 2010 Senior Interior Design students. Students will be designing a boutique hotel as an adaptive reuse project for this year's class.
Quilts Inspired by Books: Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society 2010 Annual Show
May 21 - June 6, 2010Quilters participating in the 2010 KHQS Annual Show will display their quilts and wall hangings with made from the theme of Quilts Inspired by Books.
Settling Schweizer: Scenes of an Immigrant Community
May 29 - August 31, 2010This exhibit documents life in the small German community of Schweizer in Simpson County, Kentucky. Early in the 19th century amateur photographer Oswald Kummer captured numerous images of his neighbors in both work and play. The prints were made from glass plate negatives donated to the Kentucky Library & Museum.
Aqua Venture
September 18 - October 17, 2010Sponsored by the Kentucky Watercolor Society, Aqua Venture is a regional water-media juried exhibition. The Kentucky Museum will host the 2010 exhibition.
Snell-Franklin Decorative Arts Gallery
The Kentucky Library and Museum has many unusual and interesting objects in its collections. All of the objects in this exhibition are related to Kentucky in some way; they were made here, retailed here, or they might be part of a collection put together by a Kentuckian. This gallery displays furniture, silver, glass, glass, ceramics, paintings and anthropological items, which were used to decorate homes at different periods in history.
Dorothy Grider's Illustrious Career
July 1 - February 14, 2010
Driven to become an artist from the age of eight, Bowling Green native Dorothy Grider graduated from Western Kentucky State Teacher's College, studied art in New York City and Paris, France, and worked for the U.S. Playing Card Company and Norcross Greeting Card Company before freelancing full time. Rapidly becoming Rand McNally’s most popular children’s book illustrator, Grider’s work often stood alone in coloring books, picture books, and activity publications. Illustrating more than 100 books, including six as both author and illustrator, her work is available today in more than 200 libraries around the world.
A Star in Each Flag: Conflict in Kentucky
The Civil War, 1861-1865, split our nation apart along the lines of slavery. Kentucky, a slave state with strong ties to North and South, was caught in the middle. This interactive exhibit explores the devastating conflict in Kentucky. View our online Civil War Collections and the exhibit opening.
Through a collection of museum artifacts, many donated by the Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, "Recommended by Duncan Hines" includes 11 sections featuring the life and work of the Bowling Green native. Visitors learn of Hines’ career as a writer on travel, dining and entertaining, and his transition to a "name brand" icon and pioneer in the world of packaged food. See Duncan Hines slideshow
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Western 100: A Century of Spirit
From first setting foot upon a university campus, the student experience becomes wide and varied. The world opens up to them and finding classes, meeting professors, and making friends are only a part of campus life. This exhibit celebrates the 100-year anniversary of Western Kentucky University by presenting the many activities students encounter as they live their college life. See Western 100 slideshow
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Roads, Rails and Rivers: Warren County Then and Now
From settlement to present day, modes and means of transportation have been important to the development of Warren County, Kentucky. This exhibition presents the county's history through the themes of business and industry, religion, education, war, health and medicine, and entertainment. Co-sponsored by Houchens Markets and the Margie Helm Library Fund with additional support from Humana. Visit "Roads, Rails and Rivers: Warren County Then and Now"
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Hascal Haile: Guitar-maker to the Stars
Monroe County, Kentucky native Hascal "Hack" Haile (1906-1986) began making guitars professionally after retiring from furniture making in the late 1960s. A lifelong musician, he made guitars for classical artists and country musicians alike. This special exhibition case features two of Haile's guitars; an acoustic folk guitar (1983) and a solid body amplified acoustic guitar (1982). Haile received national attention when in 1980 the Smithsonian Institution accepted one of his guitars for its Hall of Musical Instruments and President Jimmy Carter received him at the White House.
Taking the Mystery Out of Prehistory
Long before the first written history in Kentucky, people lived and hunted there. This small exhibit identifies tools, cooking utensils, and ornaments made and used by prehistoric Kentuckians. Ordinary and unusual objects of stone, bone, pottery, and fiber are included and a special display of projectile points identifies spear and arrow tips that span 10,000 years of Kentucky prehistory.
Felts Log House
This early nineteenth century log house is a classic example of traditional Kentucky architecture. The double-pen, story and a half structure with its dog-trot floor plan and poplar, oak, and walnut construction are typical of the folk architecture of the region. The structure interprets folklife in rural, south central Kentucky in the eighteen-thirties using reproduction household furnishings and equipment, tools, and clothing accurate to the period. Teachers Resource Guide Online: History and Folklife of the Kentucky Frontier.
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