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Special Exhibits

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Bob Morgan: A Montana Original

 

 

White Bears and White Cliffs,
Robert F. Morgan, NWR
Oil, 1988, Montana Historical Society Collection
This retrospective exhibition features more than thirty paintings from throughout the career of renowned Helena painter Bob Morgan. A member of the Northwest Rendezvous of Artists and former curator at the Montana Historical Society, Morgan's splendid paintings capture the history of Montana's people and the unparalleled beauty of Montana's rich landscape.
   
Tradition, Design, Color: Plateau Indian Beaded Bags

From the Fred Mitchell Collection

 

This exhibition consists of 138 extraordinary beaded bags ranging in date from 1870 to about 1950. Most of these bags have never before been on public display and this will be the largest museum exhibition of them ever assembled. These visually striking bags illustrate the incredible variety of designs used to decorate this traditional art form.

Beaded Bag
Beaded Bag, Fred Mitchell
Collection, ca. 1890