It Came from Storage: Canvases, Curiosities, and Other Objects from the Museum Vault
New Exhibition | November 6, 2021 – February 27, 2022 | Nordhausen Gallery
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Museums are, by nature, collecting institutions, but most only enter the collection, as well as the history of the home and garden have the capacity to publicly display about ten percent of their (and ghosts?) that constitute the Museum site. Coming soon to a holdings at any particular time. The contents of The Columbus gallery near you—if you dare! Museum’s collections storage area have remained a closely guarded secret, known by only a few…until now. It Came from Storage Images: spotlights rarely-seen objects from the Museum’s collection while 1. Bride’s bowl given to Rhodes and Nina Browne by Columbus Guards, 1889, Gift of Sandra Strother Hudson, The Columbus Museum G.2007.51 offering a behind-the-scenes perspective on policies and proce2. Holly Andres, Behind the Old Painting, 2008, mounted chromogenic print, Musedures in the museum world. With Columbus-born artist Alma um purchase, The Columbus Museum G.2010.115 W. Thomas’s cat, Mickey T. Bell, as a guide, discover objects 3. Zither owned by Frank C. Reich, 1870-1904, Gift of Fred, Frank, and R. G. Reich, The that are not as they appear, multitudes of music makers, strange Columbus Museum G.1960.5 beasts, and glow-in-the-dark surprises! Museum staff are also 4. Hocking Glass Company, Sweet tea pitcher, 1930s, frosted green uranium glass, pulling back the curtain to offer a look at how art and artifacts Gift of Jonathan Frederick Walz, Ph.D., The Columbus Museum G.2021.42.1 2021 FALL THE MUSE | 3
