Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
Permanent Collections in the Galleries
Past Exhibitions
Permanent Collections in the
Galleries
19th
Century AMERICAN Sculpture:
Erastus Dow Palmer, Launt Thompson, Charles Calverley
Designed to present new scholarship and showcase the museum’s
nationally-known collection of mid to late 19th century sculpture, this
exhibition features 20 plaster, marble and bronze sculptures and framed
bas-reliefs.
Sense
of Place:
18th and 19th Century Paintings and Sculpture
This theme-based, salon-style exhibition features an exciting selection
of new acquisitions, recently conserved works, works rarely exhibited in
the past beside many of the museum’s familiar icons. Themes include
literature, history, children, English conversation pieces, French
portraiture, Italian views, interiors, landscapes, genre and portraits.
Ancient
Egypt
Three key
concepts: The Nile, Daily Life, and the Afterlife, are explored through
objects, text, and hands-on activities to give an overview of ancient
Egypt. This new gallery features the Albany Institute’s mummies along
with loan objects from major national museums. [technology
and the AIHA mummies]
Traders
and Culture:
Colonial Albany and the Formation of American
Identity
This exhibition explores the settlement and growth of Albany as an
urban center during the 17th and 18th centuries. Highlights include
Limner portraits, Albany-made silver, branded furniture, ceramics,
textiles and manuscript materials with documented family histories.
The
Landscape That Defined America:
The Hudson River School
The
Albany Institute’s renowned collection of Hudson River School paintings
are now featured in both the Lansing Gallery on the museum's third
floor, and in the exhibit,
Hudson River Panorama: 400 Years of History, Art, and Culture,
on display through January 2, 2010.
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