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June 24 – November 15, 2009
Main Gallery
In the traditions of weddings everywhere around the world, a bride must look beautiful! Featuring over 40 wedding gowns from the museum’s extraordinary permanent costume collection, the elegant exhibition will examine many of the details that make the gown and its wearer special – the richness or simplicity of fabric, the use of lace or trains, the prominence of bustles, and hemlines that go up and down as women gain emancipation or surrender it. The exhibition will create an intimate and informative experience within the larger historical context where visitors can experience particular moments of cultural interest or simply enjoy a single gown’s extraordinary beauty.
The exhibition will also include a collection of historic wedding photos and other bridal ephemera. One highlight is an original marriage license dating back to the Civil War era.
The public is invited to attend a FREE opening reception on Sunday, June 28 from 2-4 p.m.
June 17 – August 9, 2009
Upper Level Gallery
This exhibit demonstrates that women were, indeed, in a league of their own as far as baseball was concerned. Documenting the story of women’s baseball from its beginnings at Vassar College in 1866 into the 20th century, the exhibit showcases many of the pioneering players as they barnstormed across the country from one game to the next. On display will be more than 50 images and objects from one of the nation’s largest collections of women’s baseball memorabilia, including a 1910 postcard featuring the Boston Bloomers, “Ladies Champion Baseball Club of the World.”
A program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance and The National Endowment for the Arts.
Voices of Courage: American Social Realism
April 29 – June 28, 2009
Bickford & Bush/Compton Galleries
From the late 19th Century, through to the Second World War, American artists began to move away from their European counterparts by concentrating on scenes from everyday life. The Museum will present a retrospective of works from this important movement.
April 29 – June 28, 2009
Hennessy Hall & Main Level Gallery
The NJ Arts Annual is a unique series of exhibitions in select museums highlighting the works of visual artists in the state of NJ. The focus on the 2009 NJ Arts Annual at the Morris Museum is “Local Life” and artists are asked to turn their vision towards their own communities, their own lives and through fine art what is profound in the familiar. Jurors for the show are the museum’s Curator of Exhibitions Ann Aptaker and Curator of Education Karen Kwarciak.
The public is invited to an opening reception on Thursday, April 30 from 6 – 8 p.m.
May 6 - January 2010
Tregenza Gallery
Forty-nine exquisite examples of late 20th Century art glass from the Morris Museum collection are on view. The vibrantly colored works, dating from the late 1960s, include imaginative bowls, vases, paperweights and platters as well as fanciful pieces purely decorative in intent. Among the noted artists represented are Dale Chihuly and Dan Dailey.
Morris Museum
Through December 31, 2009
Upper Gallery
On Permanent View
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