Exhibits Schedule
Please contact us before your visit to ensure that exhibit opening dates have not changed.
June 25, 2011 - January 29, 2012
Eisenhower: Agent of Change
(Museum)
Often referred to as eight years of peace and prosperity, the Eisenhower Administration was an era of great change. Some changes were positive, others negative – but all came at a price. An optimistic realist, Dwight D. Eisenhower was an agent and critic of change. Eisenhower’s life spanned the closing of one frontier and opening of another. He knew the rapid scientific, social and political changes he witnessed greatly affected the lives of the American people.
"Eisenhower: Agent of Change" is an exciting look at one of America's great statesman. Join us and see the effects of some of Eisenhower's most memorable and enduring foreign and domestic policy decisions; decisions that continue to affect our lives today.
January 20, 2012 – March 31, 2013
Library 50th Anniversary Exhibit
(Library and Museum)
As the Presidential Library turns 50, this exhibit will be a look back at the design and construction of the building, the arrival of the collections, the first year of researchers (in 1966) and other milestones. Additionally, the concept of “just what does a research library do” will be discussed in greater detail. Exhibit components will include graphic enlargements of images and documents from the collections, as well as a rotating series of original photographs, documents and other items from the collection.
Featured Exhibit Supplements:
• Founding Fathers Collection (February – mid-July 2012)
• The King and the Presidents (April – June 2012)
• Civil War: Lincoln, Lee, and more! (mid-July – December 2012)
• Jackie Cochran: Pioneer Aviatrix (January – March 2013)
March 10 – September 3, 2012
100 Years of Girl Scouts
(Library)
In cooperation with local and regional Girl Scouts of America chapters, we present a look at the first 100 years of Girl Scouts. A video component will also be shown in the Library Auditorium.
April 7 – July 1, 2012
Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer
(Museum)
A Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services exhibit, this photographic record of Elvis’s first TV appearances on the Dorsey Stage Show and the Steve Allen Show in New York took place in 1956. Elvis at 21, Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer was developed collaboratively by the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, and Govinda Gallery, and is sponsored by HISTORY™. more information . . .
August 4 – October 14, 2012
Eisenhower: War and Peace
The Art of Shin Hee Chin
(Museum)
Drawing upon our partnership with the Arts Council of Dickinson County, the Presidential Museum is proud to host this exhibit of newly created artwork with Eisenhower, his diplomacy, and his humanity as major themes. A native of South Korea and a Professor of Fine Arts at Tabor College, Ms. Shin Hee Chin is recognized as a leader in the world of contemporary fiber arts and is personally connected with Eisenhower and his impact on the Korean peninsula.
November 11, 2012 – May 27, 2013
American Women and War
(Museum)
American Women and War is an in-depth look at the vital, pivotal, and oft-times unsung roles that women have played in the conflicts of our shared history.
While concentrating on the volatile first half of the 20th Century and paralleling Ike’s own military career, visitors first will be introduced to select key figures of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Far from “just” keeping the home fires burning, these brave women included Abigail Adams who melted down her own silver to make bullets as British troops marched within a mile of her home; Deborah Sampson - one of the many “gender-bending” women who donned a man’s uniform - who fought with the Light Infantry Company of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment; and the anonymous women that history has forgotten, hired by the Federal Government to travel with the Union troops and provide frontline entertainment during the Civil War.
From USO shows to frontline Nursing Corps, from “Rosie the Riveter” to full-scale battle involvement, the advancement of women in the military and on the job front at home during the 20th Century will be traced with images, oral histories, and original artifacts presented through integrated graphics, interactive kiosk stations and video presentations. How did the Women’s Army Corps evolve from its beginnings in 1941 to its assimilation into the regular Army in 1978? The Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASPs, who were the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft, became pioneers, heroes, and role models.
But, what did “Rosie’s” return to the home and kitchen mean to women at mid-century? How did the “pushing-of-the-envelope” by their mothers and grandmothers pave the way for women’s more “across-the-board” involvement in later conflicts from Vietnam to the Gulf Wars and Afghanistan? The exhibit will conclude with a look at the combat, technological, and leadership roles of today’s Woman and War.
Visitors will experience a state-of-the-art exhibit, immersing them in the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the American Woman and her crucial role in the conflicts of America’s past.
April 13 – August 15, 2013
…48 – 49 – 50!
New Designs for the American Flag
From the Library’s Permanent Collection
(Library)
Working in conjunction with the Library’s Archival Staff, we present an exhibit showcasing the literally hundreds of designs received by President Eisenhower for the new American Flag as the 49th and 50th states were added to the Union.
August 20 – September 20, 2013
Arts Council of Dickinson County Annual Exhibit
(Library)
September 27, 2013 – February 23, 2014
A Mile in Her Shoes
(Museum)
An in-depth look at Mamie Doud Eisenhower. While using the “fashion-provoking” tag line as a title to the exhibit, this really will be a look at the little-known facets of Mamie’s personality, her strength of character, her impact on Ike and his career and the many humanitarian causes to which she often quietly or anonymously gave her support…encouraging the visitor to metaphorically “walk in her shoes” and contemplate what a military life was like for a “society” woman, what was it like to lose her first child?, what was it like spending time in Panama and the Philippines when she disliked the tropics?
March 21, 2014 – January 4, 2015
Ike: In His Own Words and Images
(Museum)
This nearly year-long exhibit will actually be several exhibits under one broad, general title. Throughout the year, new artifacts will be rotated through the exhibit as new and different components of Ike’s life and character are examined through his own words: letters, memos, “marginalia;” images: both family and professional photos as well as his paintings.
January 17 – April 30, 2014
Ike and Mamie: Across the Miles
(Library)
This exhibit will be a poignant look at Ike and Mamie and their relationship over the years through their personal correspondence. The exhibit will be supplemented with a chronology of Ike’s career and duty stations as well as enlargements of period photographs and maps.
