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Exhibitions

There have been 45 exhibitions over the years and this is page 1 of 2

Not all exhibitions are included in this list and some exhibition titles may have been changed — exhibition information is only a reflection of what has been entered into the database.

Some objects may not be viewable because they were on loan; this might be issues involving image rights or simply because there is no digitized image for the object.

  • Recent Acquisitions: Digital Typography Collection — there were 5 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 4 of them
  • National Design Triennial: Why Design Now? — there were 326 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 7 of them
  • Ted Muehling Selects: Lobmeyr Glass from the Permanent Collection — there were 226 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 117 of them
  • Design USA: Contemporary Innovation — there were 182 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 20 of them
  • Meier 75 — there were 10 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 2 of them
  • Fashioning Felt — there were 75 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 10 of them
  • Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection — there were 73 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 49 of them
  • Wall Stories: Children's Wallpapers and Books — there were 67 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 14 of them
  • Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003-2008 — there were 48 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 43 of them
  • House Proud: 19th Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection — there were 125 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 114 of them
  • Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008 — there were 372 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 120 of them
  • Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection — there were 46 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 32 of them
  • Multiple Choice: From Sample to Product — there were 95 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 75 of them
  • Piranesi as Designer — there were 106 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 10 of them
  • Looking Forward/ Looking Back: Recent Acquisitions in 20th- and 21st-Century Design — there were 35 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 33 of them
  • IDEO Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection — there were 33 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 29 of them
  • Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006 — there were 368 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 7 of them
  • Made to Scale: Staircase Masterpieces—The Eugene & Clare Thaw Gift — there were 35 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 26 of them
  • Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape — there were 240 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 149 of them
  • Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005 — there were 1,308 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 748 of them
  • Excavating Design: 18th-century Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection — there were 38 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 32 of them
  • Yinka Shonibare — there were 70 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 52 of them
  • Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance — there were 272 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 19 of them
  • Hella Jongerius Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection — there were 45 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 36 of them

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