Past Exhibitions

2000: As Centuries End
2000: The Art of Upholstery, 2000
2001: Feminine Images: American Portraits 1750-1869, 2001
2001: Stuff of Childhood: Artifacts and Attitudes 1700-1900, 2001
2002: Forgotten Patriots, 2002
2003: Degrees of Latitude: Maps of America from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection
2004: Something Old, Something New: Inventing the American Wedding, 2004
2004-5: Home and Country: Quilts and Samplers from the DAR Museum Collection
 

1995: Classical Quilts
1995-1996: Talking Radicalism in a Greenhouse
1996: American Women, American Fashion
1996-7: Bound for the West, October 1996-April 
1997: American Case Furniture, June-October 
1997: Youth is the Time for Progress: The Importance of American Schoolgirl Art
1998: Costume Myths and Mysteries
1998-9: A Perfect Model of Womanly Excellence: Martha Washington
1999: The Historical Precedent for the Art Quilt, 1999
 

1990: Indispensables:  Pockets, Purses, Bags and Pouches, Summer
1990: A Century of Collecting: The DAR Museum at 100 Years – Objects
199: Wheels and Reels (library balcony: textile processing equipment)
1989-90: Hail, Washington
1989-90: Christmas
1991: A Family Legacy: The Quilts of Catherine Garnhart
1991-2: Magnificent Intentions: Decorative Arts of the District of Columbia
1991-2: New Accessions and Adopt an Object
1991: Renovated lower level: Yochim Gallery
1992-3: Souvenirs From the Voyage of Life
1993: True Love and a Happy Home
1994: George Washington: The Man Behind the Image
1994-1995: Maryland Quilts 
 

1984-5: Generations of Giving, April 1984-March 1985
1984-5: Music in the American Home, October 1984-January 1985
19895: The Morris Victor Rosenbloom Eagle Collection, January-February 
1985: New York Coverlets, January-March 
1985: Welcome Lafayette: The Nation’s Guest, January-September 
1985-6: Generations of Giving II, April 1985-March 1986
1985: Summer Whites, July 
1985: Old Line Traditions, September-November  (Maryland Quilts)
1985: Christmas Parlor, December 
1986-7: Generations of Giving III, April 1986-March 1987
1986-7: Pennsylvania Coverlets, November 1986-February 1987
1986-7: Childhood Lessons, November 1986-May 1987
1987: In the Style of the Signers, March-July 
1987: Geographical Views, June-October 
1987: First Flowerings, July-October (early Virginia Quilts)
1987-8: For My Little One, November 1987-March 1988, (library balcony)
1987-8: A Few of Our Favorite Things, November 1987-June 1988
1988: Strike Up the Band, March-October
1988: In Step With Time, April (shoe exhibit in gallery alcove)
1988: Small Treasures From the Collection of Patience Ellwood Towle, April-October 
1988: Toby Jugs, April-October 
1989: Family Record, January-June 
1989: Collecting Quilts II, March-September 1989 (gallery alcove)
1989-90: Generations of Giving: Campbell Collection, April 1989-February 1990 (gallery alcove)

1980: A Lady’s Fancy Quilt Show, January-March 
1980: More Quilts, April-July 
1980-1: Staffordshire Ceramics: Transferred to America, September 1980-April 1981
1980-1: Contemporary Quilts, December 1980-March 1981
1980-1: The Jewish Community in Early America, 1654-1830, December 1980-March 1981
1981: Threads of Change, March-May
1981: Selections from the Permanent Collection, April-October
1981: Student Art Show, May-August 
1981: The Nursery/Remarks on Children’s Play, September-December
1981-2: The World Turned Upside Down, October 1981-April 1982, Case Furniture
1981: A Christmas Tree at the DAR, December 
1981-2: Coverlets and Corner Blocks, December 1981-March 1982
1982: George Washington in Celebration, 1732-1982, April 1982
1982-3: When This You See Remember Me, May 1982-August 1983
1982: Crazy Quilts: A Victorian Tradition, May-October 
1982: Selections From the Permanent Collection, May-October 
1982: Costume Exhibit, July 
1982: Antiques Show, October 
1982: Dutch and English Delftware, October-December, Dutch Embassy
1982: Doublewoven Coverlets, December 
1983: Freedom’s Inner Light, February-April (Quaker collection)
1983-4: America Turns to France, October 1983-January 1984, Loans
19983-4: Neo Classical Costume, October 1983-March 1984
1984: Library Balcony and Colorful and Comfortable: American Quilts, February-March 
1984: Tea Exhibit, April 
 

1959: A Century of American Needlecraft
1972: Artifacts and Documents Relating to Early Congressmen Who Became President
1974-5: Paisley Shawls
1975: Masonic Exhibit
1975: Massachusetts Silver
1975: English Ceramics and Pearlware for the American Market
1975-6: American Miniatures: 1765-1860
1975-6: 100 Years of American Quilts
1976: American Samplers, 1740-1840
1976: Salt Glazed Stoneware
1976: The Decorative Arts in America at 1776
1976-7: America Mourns, 1790-1850
1977: The Federal Emblem on American Quilts and Coverlets
1977: British Ceramics of the 18th Century
1977: Clothes Make the Man
1977: For the Fun of It: 19th Century Childhood Amusements
1978: Keeping in Style, Women’s Fashions, 1750-1840
1978: New Quilts and Coverlets
1978: Welcome Little Stranger (library balcony cases)
1978-9: Nineteenth Century American Double Woven Coverlets
1978-9: The Frugal American Housewife: The Kitchen in 19th Century America
1979: George Washington: Image For the New Nation
1979: A Basket of Flowers
1979: Lafayette in America
1979: What’s New? 
1979-80: Red Cross Exhibits Task Group, 1979-1980