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ENTRY
POINT GALLERY
The Albany Institute's entry point gallery has recently been reinstalled
with new objects from its collection. These newly displayed objects
will continue to support the Albany Institute of History & Art's mission
of collecting, preserving, interpreting and promoting interest in the
history, art and culture of Albany and the Upper Hudson Valley.
19th
Century AMERICAN Sculpture:
Erastus Dow Palmer, Launt Thompson, Charles Calverley
Designed to present new scholarship and showcase the museum’s
nationally-known collection of mid to late 19th century sculpture, this
exhibition features 20 plaster, marble and bronze sculptures and framed
bas-reliefs.
Sense
of Place:
18th and 19th Century Paintings and Sculpture
This theme-based, salon-style exhibition features an exciting selection
of new acquisitions, recently conserved works, works rarely exhibited in
the past beside many of the museum’s familiar icons. Themes include
literature, history, children, English conversation pieces, French
portraiture, Italian views, interiors, landscapes, genre and portraits.
Ancient
Egypt
Three key
concepts, The Nile, Daily Life, and the Afterlife, are explored through
objects, text and hands-on activities to give an overview of ancient
Egypt. This new gallery features the Albany Institute’s mummies along
with loan objects from major national museums. [technology
and the AIHA mummies]
Traders
and Culture:
Colonial Albany and the Formation of American
Identity
This exhibition explores the settlement and growth of Albany as an
urban center during the 17th and 18th centuries. Highlights include
Limner portraits, Albany-made silver, branded furniture, ceramics,
textiles and manuscript materials with documented family histories.
The
Landscape That Defined America:
The Hudson River School
In a striking eight-sided gallery with a cove ceiling and skylight, the
Albany Institute’s finest Hudson River School paintings are featured.
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