VENETIAN SCENES by Walter Launt Palmer

December 15, 2007 - June 1, 2008

This exhibition will include 10 paintings,

along with sketches, diaries, photographs and account books related to Palmer’s Venetian work.

To complement the museum’s collection of Venetian scenes, the museum borrowed eight paintings from private collections, several of which have not on public view for many years.  In addition, two of the museum’s Venetian paintings, Interior, San Marco and A Venetian Twilight, were recently conserved especially for this exhibition. The Albany Institute would like to thank Hawthorne Fine Art, LLC, New York City for funding the conservation of Interior, San Marco.

Major Support for this exhibition has been provided by James and Barbara Hoehn

FULL STEAM AHEAD: Robert Fulton and the Age of Steamboats

March 24, 2007 - February 3, 2008

This exhibition commemorates the 200^th anniversary of Fulton’s first steamboat voyage of the Clermont in 1807 from New York City to Albany. FULL STEAM AHEAD highlights Fulton’s improvements on steam transportation, and the outcome of his efforts to establish the first viable commercial steamboat service on American waterways.  Exhibition includes images, artifacts and the bellowing sounds of steamboats from a by-gone era: an era when the bustle and focus of industry and travel along the Hudson River was full steam ahead.

Major support for this exhibition has been provided by M.M. Hayes Co., Inc.

Capital Financial Planning in honor of Donald and Ann Eberle 

Additional support provided by Lois and David Swawite, Omni Development Company, Inc.  Thanks to Equinox Foundation for supporting the research phase