Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

The Museum

Galleries & Exhibitions

The Shenandoah Valley Gallery exhibitions include two recreations of Valley kitchens.
 

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The Grand Tour room of the Julian Wood Glass Jr. Gallery.

 

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Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris, is an exhibition with more than 50 paintings, sculpture, and works on paper, representing the foundation of modern art from the beginning of the twentieth century through World War II. At the MSV through November 29.

The second level of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley presents four main galleries comprised of eleven gallery rooms. In the Shenandoah Valley Gallery, three gallery rooms explore the sweep of Valley history, and three additional rooms display decorative arts made in the Valley from the mid-1700s to the present. The Julian Wood Glass Jr. Gallery presents the collection assembled by one of the Valley's most significant private collectors, and includes paintings, furniture, and objects illustrating the themes of portraiture, landscape, and the Grand Tour. The R. Lee Taylor Miniatures Gallery is home to a fascinating collection of furnished miniature houses and rooms, also assembled in the Shenandoah Valley, while the Changing Exhibition Gallery displays continually changing exhibitions throughout the year. Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris is on display through November 29, 2009.

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Pictured at Top: Detail of Return from the Hunt, ca. 1650, by John Baptist Weenix (1621-1660).