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.

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).

December, 2008 - June 2009

Exhibition of a Pow Wow Celebration

This June the Great Platte River Road Archway welcomes the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma back to their traditional homeland for Dancers of the Plains, an entertaining and educational Native American event, featuring Native American dancing and drumming by the Plains tribes. Visitors will learn about Plains tribal life and sample American Indian style food and crafts.