For Immediate Release: March 30, 2011

Contact: Melissa Eastlake, (202) 879-3274

 

DAR Museum Goes "Behind the Scenes" For Family-Oriented Exhibition

 

What:   

DAR Museum exhibition: 

"Try to See It My Way: Behind the Scenes at the DAR Museum"

 

Date:

April 8 - September 3, 2011

 

Hours:

Monday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Closed Sundays and Federal holidays

 

Address:

DAR Museum, 1776 D Street NW, Washington DC 20006

 

Telephone:

(202) 879-3241

 

Web site:          

www.dar.org/museum <http://www.dar.org/museum>  

 

Admission:        

Free to the public. To schedule a group tour call (202) 879-3241.

 

Description:

It's a chair.  It can also be a statement of social status, a family
heirloom handed down through the generations, a form that goes back
thousands of years yet is still commonly used today.  It may be fragile,
it may be riddled with woodworm, it may be a problem to store.  It's a
museum object, and it's going to be exhibited at the DAR Museum.  Take a
peek into the minds of curators, registrars, and educators as they
create an exhibit of fascinating objects from the collections of the DAR
and how they are viewed differently by people with different
responsibilities within the museum.

 

DAR Museum: 
The DAR Museum collection features more than 30,000 examples of
decorative and fine arts, including objects made or used in America
prior to the Industrial Revolution. Furniture, silver, paintings,
ceramics and textiles, such as quilts and costumes, are exhibited in 31
period rooms and two galleries. The main gallery features changing
exhibitions and displays of selected quilts, coverlets and samplers.
The DAR Museum Shop offers a variety of unique gifts and books. The DAR
Museum, located at 1776 D Street NW, is free to the public and open 9:30
a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday and 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Docent tours of the period rooms are offered from 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday and 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday. The DAR Museum is
closed Sundays, Federal holidays, and for one week during the DAR annual
meeting in July.  For information on the DAR Museum, visit
www.dar.org/museum <http://www.dar.org/museum>  or call (202) 879-3241
to schedule a group tour.

 

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