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From the Collection: An Illuminated Manuscript
Before the invention of the printing press in the fifteenth century, books were handwritten. Imagine… every time a copy of a text needed to be made, someone had to do it painstakingly by hand. In our world of quick reproductions … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Curatorial, Exhibitions
Tagged European art, French Art, From the Collection, Illuminated Manuscripts, Medieval art, middle ages, works on paper
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20th-Century Tools for Measuring Time and Bodies
Clocks, calculators, measuring tapes, and scales—tools for measurement and calculation have long been important for people to accomplish tasks at work, school, and home. A new display in the 20th- and 21st-Century Design Galleries considers the role designers played in shaping … Continue reading
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The House of Cards Project
In the early 1950s, designers Charles and Ray Eames painstakingly arranged penny cars, pencils, pills, and papers to photograph for their House of Cards construction set. They probably never imagined that decades later, thousands of children and adults in the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Behind the Scenes, Curatorial, Education, Events, Exhibitions
Tagged Charles Eames, community, Design, Ray Eames, Special Exhibitions
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Curating Ho-Chunk Objects in Mrs. M.—–’s Cabinet at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Ho-Chunk presence and their arts contributed to the development of Wisconsin Dells tourism—and to the material and aesthetic culture of the state. While Ho-Chunk representation is not always considered by tourists beyond stereotypical art for the trade, there is still … Continue reading
20th- and 21st-Century Design: New Acquisitions Now On View
Spring cleaning isn’t just for attics—the Museum’s Design Galleries were recently refreshed with a new coat of paint and numerous recent acquisitions. From turn-of-the-century silver to twenty-first-century furniture, these objects demonstrate the wide range of what we mean by “design” … Continue reading
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Tagged chair, Design, Erich Dieckmann, Eva Zeisel, Furniture, Jonathan Muecke, Josef Hoffmann, plastic, seating, silver, tableware, Wiener Werkstatte
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