 |
The Special Exhibition Galleries feature changing exhibits based on objects from our own collection, private collections, or other museums. This area is used for just one exhibition or subdivided into as many as three distinct areas, each dealing with a separate topic. At least one special exhibition is available in addition to the core exhibition in the rest of the museum.
Coming Soon:
Yakima Honors Peoples of the Plateau
January 11, 2009 - March 29, 2009
Part of the Yakima Honors Peoples of the Plateau celebration; a city-wide celebration of the region's Native American legacy and rich heritage. The events and exhibits are being hosted by the Larson Gallery, Allied Arts of Yakima Valley, the Yakima Valley Museum and the Yakama Nation Museum and Cultural Center. The exhibit at the Yakima Valley Museum features a selection of baskets, beadwork, parfleches, and horse gear made by Yakama, Klickitat, and Nez Perce Indians.
The Human Touch: Selections from the RBC Wealth Management Art Collection
May 1, 2009 - August 31, 2009
Selections from the RBC Wealth Management Art Collection will be on exhibit at the Yakima Valley Museum. The Human Touch exhibition is a collection of works that focuses on the human figure. This exhibition introduces new ways of thinking about who we are and how we live. Many well-known artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Viola Frey, Chuck Close, Jim Dine, and Roland Fischer are included.
Previous Exhibitions:
- Text and Textile: Quilts and the Construction of the Social Fabric
August 16, 2008 - December 23, 2008 - Politics on a Pin
August 30, 2008 - January 20, 2009
- Cowboys on the Silver Screen
February 8, 2008 - July 30, 2008 - Textile Treasures: Quilts from the Khay Norris Collection
September 8 - December 30, 2007 - Treasures from the Vaults of the Yakima Valley Museum
February 9, 2007 Ongoing - In Memory Of: Expressions of Mourning in Victorian America
February 9, 2007 - December 30, 2007 - Washington Stories
July 3 - August 26, 2007 - Mexican Artists in the Yakima Valley
February 9 - July 1, 2007 - The Ultimate Apple Box Label Exhibition
February 10, 2006 - December 26, 2006 - Treasures from Around the World
February 14, 2003 - December 31, 2006 - The Yakima Valley as Muse: Yakima Valley Society Artists
November 5, 2005 - January 1, 2006 - La Dolce Vitra! A Celebration of Northwest Glass Arts
July 30, 2005 - October 28, 2005 - Cedar Spirits: Masks of the Northwest Coast
February 11 - May 30, 2005 - Brewer's Gold - A History of the Hop Growing Industry in British Columbia
May 20 - October 31, 2004. - The Traditional Arts of Morelia, Yakima’s Sister City
February 3 - December 23, 2004 - Portraits from Eisenhower High School
June 17-September 12, 2004 - Treasures from Around the World
February 14, 2003 - Captured
Time: Photographic Moments of Discovery in the Northwest
October 3, 2003 - December 31, 2003 - An
American Art Form: Quilts from the Yakima Valley Museum
June 17, 2003 - September, 2003 - Treasures from the
Collections at the Washington State Historical Society
October 11, 2002 - May 1, 2003 - VALENTINES:
The Ron Gibeau Collection
February 8, 2002 - June 10, 2002 - The Heart Mountain Story
July 13, 2001 - November 24, 2001 - Rodin: Maryhill Comes to Yakima
December, 2000 - Bustles
to Bikinis: The Care & Preservation of a Diverse
Collection
February 12, 2000 - November 24, 2000 - Yakima's
Love Affair with the Apple
February 1998 - January 1999 - Few
and Far Between:Moments in the North American Desert
November 9, 1997 - January 10, 1998 - The
Roaring '20s: Yakima's First Decade
February 15 - June 1997 - The
Prairie Schoolhouse
September 24 - December 1, 1996 - Quilts
That Never Made it West
May 19 - September 15, 1996 - Collecting:The
Instinct for Order
February 9 - April 28, 1996 - Mechanical
Banks from the Seafirst Collections
November 19 - December 31, 1995 - Fiesta:
Faces of Mexico
March 27-October 31, 1995 - Tabletop
Taste
February 11 - March 19, 1995
