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Past Traveling Exhibits
Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art
Opened: May 15, 2010
Closed: September 12, 2010 		"Bust of an Angel." After 1304. Giotto di Bondone. Polychrome mosaic. 92 x 98 x
Treasure!
Opened: October 18, 2009
Closed: January 3, 2010 		A hands-on interactive in the "Treasure" exhibition. Photo courtesy of NRG! Exhi
Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond
Opened: April 12, 2009
Closed: September 13, 2009 		Mary Lee Bendolph, "Strips and Strings," 2003. Cotton and cotton blends, 74 x 49
George Washington Carver
Opened: November 29, 2008
Closed: March 1, 2009 		By accepting a job offer at Tuskegee Institute, George Washington Carver left th
Lee and Grant
Opened: May 18, 2008
Closed: September 14, 2008 		"Let Us Have Peace," oil on canvas painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris in 1865. L
Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings
Opened: October 27, 2007
Closed: March 23, 2008 		Tile, seventeenth century, found at Jamestown. Courtesy of APVA Preservation Vir
First Ladies: Political Role & Public Image
Opened: February 11, 2006
Closed: May 7, 2007 		Beaded satin boots worn by Ida McKinley. Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Mu
American Visions of Liberty & Freedom
Opened: November 19, 2006
Closed: March 18, 2007 		"Glorious Lady" quilt. American Folk Art Museum.
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
Opened: June 12, 2005
Closed: January 8, 2006 		Brass inkwell used by Abraham Lincoln while writing the first draft of the Emanc
Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas
Opened: February 6, 2005
Closed: August 14, 2005 		An artisan of the Kuba peoples (Congo) used Cowrie shells, glass beads, and raff
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