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. ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html