Past Temporary Exhibitions
Willard Wichers
December 12, 1992

The Light of Experience: 17th Century Dutch Art
June 26 - Sept. 5, 1993

American Dolls 1840-1985
Sept. 17, 1993 - Jan. 26, 1994

Mexican Textiles: Line and Color
March 4 - June 15, 1994

Mirror Mirror: Reflecting Women, Reflecting Fashion
The Holland Museum's collection of American women's clothing.
July 16 - Dec. 3, 1994

We Can, We Will, We Must: Holland Goes to War
Holland Michigan's WWII home front
Jan. 28 - Sept. 17, 1995

Anne Frank in the World
Traveling exhibit from the Anne Frank Center, New York
Sept. 29 - Oct. 29, 1995

Treasures of the Dutch East Indies
The Holland Museum's collection of art from the former Dutch colonies of the East Indies.
Nov. 20, 1995 - April 20, 1996

Dutch Costumes: From Klompen to Kissers
The Holland Museum's collection of Netherlands and Dutch-American traditional costumes.
May 4 - Sept. 23, 1996

Mayan Procession: Paintings by Winnifred Godfrey
A series of Guatemalan figures by the contemporary artist.
Oct. 2, 1996 - Jan. 13, 1997

Common Bonds: Immigrants and Opportunities
150 years of family stories for Holland Sesquicentennial.
Feb. 8, 1997 - Jan. 5, 1998

Silk Splendor: Japanese Kimonos
A private collection of 20th century kimonos.
Jan. 31 - April 14, 1998

Treasures from the Netherlands
The Holland Museum's Netherlands Collection.
May 2 - Sept. 7, 1998

Getz Farm: A Zoo by the Lake
The story of a private zoo of the 1920s and 1930s near Holland.
Oct. 3, 1998 - April 19, 1999

Rembrandt: Master Printmaker
An exhibit of forty Rembrandt etchings from U.S. and European collections.
May 1 - July 3, 1999

Life on Two Lakes, Holland's Maritime Story
The Holland Museum's collection of maritime images and artifacts.
July 17 - December 31, 1999

At Home in Holland: 100 Years of Change
The Holland Museum's collection of household technology, 1900 - 2000.
Feb. 9 - Oct. 30, 2000

Tale of Two Cities: Holland, Mi & Queretaro, Mexico
Sister City photographs by Theresa Hernandez.
Nov. 17, 2000 - Feb. 26, 2001

War & Recovery, The Netherlands, 1940-1950
The Holland Museum's collection of Dutch photographs and artifacts from WWII.
Mar. 9 - June 17, 2001

Printmakers of Haarlem: A Gift from the Rijksmuseum
The Holland Museum's collection of 17th century Haarlem prints.
June 29 - Sept. 10, 2001

Fire! 1871
An exhibit of one of America's greatest natural disasters with artifacts and images from the Holland Museum, Chicago Historical Society, Wisconsin Historical Society, Manistee Historical Society, and the Hall of Flame Firefighting Museum in Phoenix.
Oct. 3, 2001 - April 14, 2002

Artisan Painters: American Folk Portraits and Landscapes
Exhibit of 18th and 19th century portraits from the Detroit Institute of Arts.
April 26 - July 28, 2002

Shadow Catcher: Native America through the Lends of Edward Curtis
Photographs from the collection of Muskegon Public Library.
Oct. 19 - Nov. 30, 2002

Treasured Toys from Local Collectors
Dec. 9, 2002 - Jan. 6, 2003

Promised Land, Chosen People: The Bible and Dutch Identity
The Holland Museum's collection of religious texts, paintings and decorative arts with loans from the American Bible Society Library, New York and a private collection.
March 1 - May 31, 2003

Historic Houses of West Michigan: McCombs Watercolors
Contemporary paintings of house museums in Holland, Muskegon, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, from settlement to Frank Lloyd Wright.
June 14 - Aug. 24, 2003

Norman Rockwell, Covering America
Saturday Evening Post covers from the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History.
Oct. 4, 2003, Jan. 4, 2004

Waiting for Van Gogh: Dutch Paintings from the 19th Century
From the private Beekhuis collection, 36 oil and watercolor paintings by Vincent van Gogh's predecessors and contemporaries of the Romantic Period and the Hague School.
March 13 - Sept. 6, 2004

10 Years on 10th Street: The Holland Museum Collects
A retrospective of the museum's widening collecting focus to more accurately reflect the shift in the Holland Area's ethnic diversity while at the same time building onn it's ethnically-Dutch foundation.
Oct. 9, 2005 - Jan. 10, 2005

Twelve Black Classicists
The dozen African-American classical scholars all made groundbreaking achievements in education in the post-Civil War era, helping to pave the way for future generations of African-Americans entering American universities.
Feb. 2 - 28, 2005

Greetings from Volendam! Photographs of John Rettig, 1905 - 1925
March 12 - May 22, 2005

Doughboys & Polar Bears, Holland Michigan & WWI
June 4 - Dec. 31, 2005

What's in Store for the Second Floor
Jan. 20 - March 26, 2006

Dutch Impressionist Paintings: from the Beekhuis Collection
The paintings range in style and subject matter from muted palette Hague School interiors, landscapes and rural life depictions to the brighter colored works of the so-called "Amsterdam Impressionists" and images of urban life and work. Featured artists include Frederic Hendrik Mondriaan, Paul Bodifee, Bernardus Johannes Blommers, Jozef Israels and Isaac Israels.
April 14 - Sept. 3, 2006

Latin American Graphics: The Evolution of Identity from the Mythical to the Personal
This exhibition of 44 graphic works in a variety of media includes over 40 artists, and surveys the evolution of the modern and contemporary Latin American print from the mid-20th century to the present.
Oct. - Dec., 2006

Under Cover: Quilted Textiles from The Holland Museum Collection
The clothing and bed covers in this exhibit range from the utilitarian to the purely decorative and simple in design and craftsmanship to intricate and highly technical. In many instances, this is the first time the object has been on display, and so, in essence, they themselves have been "under cover."
Dec. 23, 2006 - June 3, 2007

Thomas Jefferson, The Sciences ... my Supreme Delight
Nov. 10, 2007 - Jan. 6, 2008

Sosaku Hanga: Post-War Japanese Prints
Jan. 26, 2008 - April 6, 2008

Polyester: American Fashion of the 1960s and 1970s
April 26, 2008 - Aug. 24, 2008

Getz Farm



At Home in Holland



Fire! 1871



Shadow Catcher



Historic Homes of West Michigan



Norman Rockwell: Covering America



Waiting for Van Gogh



10 Years on 10th Street



12 Black Classicists
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