Treasures of the Chrysanthemum Throne: Bronzes, Porcelain and Ivory from the Meiji Empire
April 13, 2012 - June 10, 2012
The exquisite Japanese bronzes, intricate yet delicate ivories and glorious porcelains in the important exhibition in which each carefully selected artwork is of the highest quality were created during the progressive reign of Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor, who ascended the Japanese throne in 1867 at the age of fifteen and ruled with the aid of samurai advisors until his death in 1912.
Jacoulet: Woodblock Prints from the MOAS Collections
April 13, 2012 - June 10, 2012
Edme Marie Paul Jacoulet was born in Paris in 1902. His family moved to Japan in 1906. A self-taught artist, he was able to claim many "firsts." He was the first foreigner to become a master of the ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world of pleasure). He was also the first ukiyo-e artist to use more than fifty blocks for a print; he frequently used 200-300. Jacoulet was also the first print artist to extend the application of ukiyo-e beyond the borders of Japan.
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Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage
Now Open through July 8, 2012
Photographer Cathryn Griffith juxtaposes early 1900's hand-colored postcard images of Havana city scenes with recent color photographs of the contemporary scenes, taken from the same vantage point. Griffith culled the historical images from her collection of over 700 vintage postcards of Havana, and made the corresponding photographs during multiple trips to Cuba in recent years.
Director's Choice: Favorite Artworks from the Collections as selected by Executive Director Emeritus Gary R. Libby
Through September 2, 2012
Portraits and still-life paintings, Tiffany lamps, silver and bronze.
The Many Faces of George Washington
Through June 24, 2012
This exhibition, made up of interpretive panels, looks at Washington's leadership in seven sections: Virginia Childhood, Risk Taker, Realistic Visionary, Wise Decision Maker, Impassioned Learner, Visionary Entrepreneur and At Home in Mount Vernon. Learn background information and gain insight into our nation's first president, a man whom many recognize but few know much about. Spanning Washington's entire life, the exhibition focuses on the traits that made him a beloved leader and the choices that helped establish a stable democratic government.
Join us for George Washington Day at MOAS! June 23, 2012 - click here for more details
Giant Ground Sloth
Bouchelle Gallery of Changing Exhibitions
MOAS welcomed back the historic Giant Ground Sloth to public viewing in May 2011. After being kept behind closed doors due to 2009 flooding, the sloth is again on display as part of the Museum's permanent collection. The impressive 13-foot tall skeleton of the Eremotherium laurilardi or Giant Ground Sloth was excavated in 1975, in an important Pleistocene fossil site called the Daytona Bone Bed. Dr. Gordon Edmund, Curator of Vertebrate Palenontology at Canada's Royal Ontario Museum, identified and reconstructed the sloth for MOAS. Click here for more...
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Now Open - Ongoing
Through a generous gift provided by the Mombello-Russo Art Acquisition Fund, the Museum has had the fortunate opportunity to purchase seven beautiful and academically important celestial maps and astronomical illustrations to add to the burgeoning astronomy collection that complements the planetarium.
Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage
New Wing
This building, unique to the state of Florida, opened February 26, 2011. The state-of-the-art, 4,400 square foot addition to the Museum, made possible through a generous donation from Mrs. Helene B. Roberson and funding from the County of Volusia ECHO grant program, displays important works from the Museum's collection in a glass-fronted, open storage format and contains art and artifacts that were not previously on exhibit. The Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage Building is the only such facility for art and decorative art objects in Florida. The first display of the Visible Storage Building includes selections from the Museum's extensive European and American furniture collection, as well as significant art and artifacts from the Arts in the Age of Napoleon Collection, one of the most richly historic collections of Napoleonic holdings in the Southeastern United States.
Exhibits and Dates Subject to Change