February 2 - June 5, 2016 - The images on view in this exhibition capture newsworthy horseraces, depict favorite thoroughbreds, and provide a glimpse into America’s early racetracks. During the 1800s, trotting races, sulky competitions and the practice of breeding thoroughbred horses was a fashionable pastime for the wealthy. Middle class men, who typically kept horses, took part in ama...

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March 8 - May 22, 2016 - This exhibit will explore this seminal event, as well as look at the role that Irish-Americans played in supporting the efforts of the Republicans. The Easter Rising was a massive revolt by Irish Republicans during the week of Easter in 1916 with the goal to end British rule and establish a fully independent Irish Republic. Instigated by seven members of the Military ...

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March 22 - September 25, 2016 -  This exhibit, drawn from the permanent collection of the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, explores the documentary photography genre, juxtaposed with the special exhibit, Photo-Secession: Painterly Masterworks of turn-of-the-Century Photography. This exhibit exemplifies his philosophy and underscores the impact of black and white which elevates a picture bey...

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March 25-26, 2016 - The "Postcard" part includes hundred of thousands of postcards in all price ranges, for sale by some of the top dealers in the U.S. including: Vintage State Views, Real Photo Postcards, Railroad and Transporation images, Children's & Nostalgia, Humor, Signed Artists, History & Technology, Natural History, Sports & Sporting, Civil War & Military Pri...

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April 5, 2016–April 9, 2017 - An exhibition of illustrations created by former art teacher Blanche Cybele Derby celebrate the diverse plant life of New England’s fields, fruits, and fauna. This exhibit showcases drawings created for GreenPrints as well as several illustrations from her books My Wild Friends and More My Wild Friends. The thirty works on view depict gardeners, pets, and...

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April 12 - August 28, 2016 - This exhibit features works by the preeminent artist-photographers of the day, This combination of painterly imagery and print-making became known as Pictorialist photography. The 78 works presented in this exhibit include prime examples of a variety of photographic printing techniques used by the Pictorialists, such as the use of platinum, gum bichromate, carbon, cya...

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April 12 - July 20, 2016 - Conceived by the American Kennel Club as a charitable public-art initiative, DOGNY: America’s Tribute to Search and Rescue Dogs, was launched shortly after 9/11 as a way of bringing attention to the valuable work done by canine search and rescue teams on a regular basis.  The Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and the attacks of September 11, 2001 brought these eff...

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May 28 - September 4, 2016 - Based on the popular book by Dr. Wayne Lynch, The Scoop on Poop will introduce the whole family to the science of poop! Listen in on a bear’s digestive system, learn the language of poop in countries around the world, examine fecal samples in a veterinarian’s lab, compete in dung beetle races, track wild animals by clues left in scat, improve your #2 IQ in ...

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The Annual meeting will be held in Hilton Hotel Springfield, 700 E Adams St., Springfield, IL. The American Breweriana Association Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax exempt educational and historical corporation founded in 1982. Our purpose is to advance the public knowledge of brewing and breweriana; to serve historians and collectors, and dedicated to the preservation of the memories and artif...

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June 7, 2016 - June 4, 2017 - Over seven decades, Currier & Ives produced nearly 9,000 print designs that were distributed nationally through a successful marketing network. They printed pictures at an affordable price that reflected public interests of the time, making them accessible to most of the public. Currier & Ives did not play favorites in the political arena, often printing promo...

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