THE EXHIBITS: "Civil War Photographs from the David L. Hack Collection" features 50 original photographs by important photographers working in both the North and the South. It is accompanied by two videos that provide background on Civil War photography and The Hack Collection. This exhibit was organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va.
"Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright" This show features 20 contemporary photographs of Civil War re-enactments over the 12 years that Willie Ann Wright followed "the troops."
"A Selection of Civil War Items from the Rosanna A. Blake Confederate Collection, Marshall University" is made up of artifacts from one of the finest private collections of Confederate history in the United States. The collection includes soldiers' diaries, Confederate bonds and money, patriotic items, pamphlets, sketches, maps, newspapers, propaganda, a small weapons collection, letters, and song books printed in the South during the Civil War.
THE DURATION: July 26 through Sept. 21
OPENING DAY: 2 p.m. Sunday, July 27, with Civil War era music by the Brass Band of the Tri-State, a lecture on Civil War photography by Brooks Johnson, Curator of Photography at the Chrysler Museum of Art, and a book signing by Jack Dickinson of MU. Admission to the opening reception is free and refreshments will be served.
SPONSORS: This program is sponsored locally by St. Mary's Medical Center, Cabell Huntington Hospital, In Memory of Charles W. and Janice Cox, West Virginia Commission on the Arts, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Marshall University Libraries, Community Trust Bank, Confederate Memorial Hall Museum of New Orleans, West Virginia United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 150, and Dr. Thomas Holbrook Jr.
CALL: For more information on events at the museum, call (304) 529-2701. The museum is fully accessible.
LECTURES AND MOVIE SERIES: Aug. 5, "No Drums, No Bugles," with introduction by Steve Fesenmaier; Aug. 12, Jean Edward Smith discusses his award-winning biography, "Grant" and signs copies; Aug. 19, West Virginia Civil War images from the West Virginia Archives with Terry Lowry; and Sept. 2, a Civil War Firearms lecture by the Rev. Edward Grant.
HILLTOP BOOKS ONLY: Runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 16-17, Admission is $5 on Aug. 16 and includes Museum admission. Authors of Civil War books will sign copies of their work in the Virginia Van Zandt Great Hall on Saturday, Aug. 16. Call (304) 529-2701 for details.
7-day Archive
