February 17, 2007 - October 9, 2010

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Legacy in New Mexico

A long-term exhibit from the museum’s collection. Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) first painted in New Mexico during the summer of 1919.

April 20, 2007 - April 20, 2010

How the West is One: The Art of New Mexico

Featuring popular works from the early twentieth century including Marsden Hartley’s El Santo and John Sloan’s Ancestral Spirits.

December 1, 2007 - January 1, 2009

The Darkest Month

The History Center's exhibition, The Darkest Month, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the worst month in coal mining history and examines the local mining experience in 1907 and the lessons learned from those horrific events.

March 8, 2008 - January 4, 2009

Catholic Chicago

The first in a series of exhibitions to explore the contributions of the city’s religious communities, this exhibition illustrates how the experience of being Catholic in Chicago has transformed over time. Examined through a historical context, several themes—the parish, education, worship, social action, and community celebrations—will introduce and reveal the lives of Catholics, past and present.

October 3, 2008 - January 25, 2009

1783: Subject or Citizen?

The year 2008 marks the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution and resulted in the reshaping of modern North America. 1783: Subject or Citizen? reveals the untold story of the Treaty of Paris and marks the first time the U.S. National Archives and Library and Archives Canada have collaborated on an international exhibition.

October 12, 2008 - February 1, 2009

Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs

Drawn exclusively from the National Portrait Gallery’s collection, these revealing portraits show women who have reached the summit of achievement in politics, business, the arts, sports, performance, music and science. The exhibition includes photographs of Margaret Wise Brown, Amelia Earhart, Althea Gibson, Billie Holiday, Helen Keller, Marilyn Monroe, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gertrude Stein, Gloria Steinem and Wendy Wasserstein.

November 15, 2008 - February 15, 2009

Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic

This stunning exhibition is a production of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts and is the first exhibition of the Nunavut Territorial collection of contemporary Inuit art, and celebrates the growth of Inuit creative expression over the past five decades. Our Land is a collaboration between the Peabody Essex Museum, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Nunavut. Sixty four works demonstrate how long-held artistic traditions of the Inuit inspire contemporary sculptures, prints, fiber art, photography and digital media. All of these forms reflect Inuit societal values of family, community, and worldview expressed through Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit Traditional Knowledge).