Upcoming Exhibitions Schedule

Chinese Kites by the artist Sheng-li Gao

August 8, 2008 - August 28, 2008
Chapman S. Root Hall

An exhibition of fifty Chinese kites will be on view for one month from August 8, 2008 in the Root Gallery, in honor of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.  Varying in size from around three inches square to two feet by ten feet, the kites depict great soaring birds, forest animals and symbolic Chinese designs created in glorious color by the young master kite maker Sheng-li Gao, who will be an honored guest demonstrating the craft of kite making throughout the show.

The Armory

Opening August 15, 2008 - on long term display
Mary Louise Marzullo Gallery

Antique firearms, weapons and armor from the collections donated to MOAS by Kenneth Worcester Dow and Mary Mohan Dow in 1998, these spectacular artifacts have never been exhibited before.  This display includes the artistry of some of the most famous gunsmiths and weapon makers from the medieval period to the 19th century illustrated through a wide range of finely designed and decorated muskets, rifles and pistols, lions-head daggers, war axes, knives, sabers and straight-edge swords together with a rare late 17th century inlaid German crossbow.

Memories of World War II: Photographs from the Archives of Associated Press

April 4, 2008 to August 17, 2008
The Karshan Center of Graphic Art

As the main source of war news for most of the nation’s newspapers, The AP offered Americans a daily view of the conflict through photographs by its own photographers and by photographers in the U.S. Armed Services, as well as images from the world press that otherwise would not have been seen. The best of these images make up this exhibition. The over 130 black and white photographs chosen for the exhibition were culled from tens of thousands of pictures in The AP Archives, including material that had not been seen since the war. The photographs chosen bring to life the immense scope as well as the individual tragedy and challenge of World War II.

The Classical World: From the Tampa Museum of Art

Opening March 14, 2008 through August of 2009
The Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery

The Classical World is a long-term loan exhibition of 200 plus rare Greek and Roman antiquities from the Tampa Museum of Art. Recognized as the finest collection of its kind in the southeastern United States, The Classical World surveys the material culture of the Mediterranean area from the Neolithic period to the Roman Imperial period, roughly 8500 BC to 476 AD.

Great Masters of Cuban Art: 1800 to 1958
*ESPANOL PRENSA MATERIAL AQUI'
December 7, 2007 - September 1, 2008
The Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery & The Gary R. Libby Entry Court

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Cuban Foundation Museum MOAS will display over ninety paintings carefully selected from the Ramos Collection. These large scale masterpieces reveal the passions of some of the best known artists in Cuban history through subject matter and vibrant color.

Opening November 21, 2008

The Charles and Linda Williams Children's Museum is scheduled to open November 21, 2008 and will be the first hands-on science center in Volusia County. Media preview days and calendar of events coming soon!