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A quilt with the Declaration of Independence reproduced at its center. Enclosing this central image are concentric borders of red, white, and blue patterning. Within one of the borders, the American flag is centered above the declaration, and the British Red Ensign below it. Floral borders in shades of brown run along the quilt’s outer edges.

Exhibition Keeping Alive the Remembrance: Commemorating America's Founding, 1776–1876

November 7, 2025 – October 11, 2026
A pastel. Light blue scribbles cover nearly the entire surface, more sparsely toward the edges, allowing the brown paper to show through. A bright yellowish-white orb appears toward the top, while toward the bottom of the sheet a similarly colored, dappled line runs vertically from a horizon line to the paper’s bottom edge.

Exhibition American Impressionism

December 19, 2025 – June 7, 2026
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News The Four Accomplishments and Royal Narratives in Asian Art

Installation on view through May 2026

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News Depicting Demosthenes

Display on view through February 2027

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Virtual, Educator Workshops Teacher Leadership Program

Thursday, April 2, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Gallery Talks Folktales, Myths, and Sagas

Thursday, April 2, 2026, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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Tours Highlights Tours

Thursday, April 2, 2026, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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Portrait of a Bearded Man

Artist: Unknown

Flagon

Maker: Johann Christoph Heyne (American, born Germany, 1715–1781)

Isaac Smith (1719–1787)

Artist: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)

Elizabeth Storer Smith (1726–1786)

Artist: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)

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