Charles and Linda Williams 
Cici and Hyatt Brown 
Gamble 
North 
Root Family 
Lowell and Nancy Lohman
Tuscawilla
L. Gale
The L. Gale Lemerand Wing features the Cuban Foundation Museum, the Prehistory of Florida Gallery, and exhibits on African Art and Weaponry from around the world. The L. Gale Lemerand Wing also contains several locations for rotating temporary and traveling exhibitions.
Karshan Center of Graphic Art
Open November 13, 2021 through January 16, 2022
Including works by some of Florida’s best contemporary artists, this exhibition contains fascinating and widely creative examples of books as sculptures. The first Artful Book exhibition, curated by independent Miami-based curator Barbara Young, took place in November of 2019 in conjunction with the Miami-Dade Library’s famous Book Fair which is one of the most renowned events of its kind in the country. In conjunction with LnS GALLERY, Miami, MOAS is pleased to showcase this unique art form in the celebration of books, literature, fine art and creativity. The objects included may be crafted of the finest leathers and papers or assembled from repurposed materials or books. Often they are made of delightfully unexpected, textured materials and are as varied as their creators.
Image Credit: Jeff Larson, Bird of a Feather, 2019. Archival matte photo paper and Davy Board. 7.5” x 8” x 6.5”, open to 7.5” x 24” x 6.5”
The Cuban Foundation Museum is home to one of the most important collections of Cuban fine and folk art outside of Cuba. The collection chronicles 300 years of Cuban history and art in more than 200 objects.
The Museum of Arts and Sciences (MOAS) has dedicated a portion of the museum to the prehistory of Florida. This section of the Museum includes preserved insects and butterflies, shells and teeth, along with the remains of a giant ground sloth, mastodon, and glyptodont that were found in our own backyard!
The various pieces of armor and variety of weapons and firearms in this gallery represent the artistic merit and function of weaponry of the past. From hunting to organized warfare and courtly life; from the ivory-inlaid German crossbow to the murderous Napoleonic swords, muskets and sabers on dipslay, these important objects were created from exquisit woods and steel with silver inlay, gold and other precious materials brought together by fine craftsmanship and beauty of form.
The African tribal objects in this gallery, are part of a significantly larger number of artifacts gathered and donated to the Museum during the 1980's. In their historic homeland, in isolated and highly organized communities these items originally played vital roles in daily events; for example in ceremonies for celebration, initiation from childhood into adulthood, preparation for war or harvesting.
