Exhibitions Archive
Wed, 07/28/2010 - Sun, 11/28/2010
The West looms large in the American imagination. A place of limitless possibility, the West was an always-available stage for reinvention and new beginnings. This exhibition draws from across the Rosenbach collections to examine the history and mythos of the West and its cast of characters More
Wed, 02/10/2010 - Mon, 06/21/2010
Maurice Sendak once praised Ruth Krauss as one of the “grand, inspired, towering women who invented the American children’s book from scratch.” "For Ruthie" is the first exhibition of its kind to explore their working relationship and its influence on Sendak’s subsequent work. More
Wed, 11/11/2009 - Sun, 07/11/2010
"Friend or Faux: Imitation and Invention from Innocent to Fraudulent" explores the notion of authenticity across a range of periods and media, looking at objects ranging from innocent copies made as family mementos to illegal forgeries intended to deceive.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - Sun, 01/17/2010
Dig in to this exhibition all about food, eating, and being eaten in the illustrations of Maurice Sendak. It presents original artwork from 20 Sendak books that show how food brings families together, helps kids forge new friendships, and nourishes us emotionally and intellectually. More
Wed, 09/23/2009 - Sun, 06/06/2010
Inspired by the Rosenbach’s extensive Lewis Carroll and Marianne Moore collections and the whimsical qualities of the exhibition space, Sue Johnson’s installation creates a poetic archive and a hyper-visual experience of Alice Through the Looking Glass. More
Wed, 05/27/2009 - Sun, 08/30/2009
Finding Lincoln: 21st-Century Abe is a two-gallery companion exhibit to the 21st-Century Abe web project (21stcenturyabe.org). Finding Lincoln brings together in physical space the 32 Lincoln-related documents at the heart of the web project, along with the work of web-project artists Archive, Bryce Dessner, Maira Kalman, and 1812 Productions and the best art created and submitted by visitors to 21stCenturyAbe.org. More
Tue, 05/06/2008 - Sun, 05/03/2009
A major retrospective exhibition of artist/author Maurice Sendak that will take you way beyond Where the Wild Things Are, showing how Sendak mixes difficult childhood emotions and haunting personal memories in stories with witty word play, brilliant drawings, and engaging characters. More
