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MAY 2019
SPRING SALE AT THE MUSEUM STORE
ON VIEW
APRIL 19–JUNE 15, 2019
This springtime inspired pop up exhibition won't be around long, come see it before it's gone!
MARCH 25–JULY 27, 2019
Celebrating the acquisition of William Dunlap’s Meditations on the Origins of Agriculture in America at the University of Mississippi Museum. William Dunlap, curator. MORE...
Image above: Meditations on the Origins of Agriculture in America, 1987. By William Dunlap.
The Art of Identification is an exhibit by largely self-taught bird illustrator, ornithologist, and author David Allen Sibley. He was inspired to pursue creating his own illustrated field guide ... MORE...
Image above: Blackpoll Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler from The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2014.
Laurin McCracken’s realistic watercolor paintings are largely influenced by the Dutch and Flemish still life painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. MORE...
Image above: Cherries, Tulips, Silver, Crystal and Dutch Vase, 2017
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
TRAVELING TRUNKS
Book a traveling trunk for your class or children’s program.
The University Museum is excited to announce its 2019 schedule of fun-filled summer camps for children. Returning camper? —we will have new projects, so join us again! Registration is open for our 2019 Summer Camps.
FOR EVERYONE
SATURDAY, MAY 4
8:00 a.m.
COST: FREE!
TUESDAY, MAY 28
6–8:00 p.m.
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
573 N. Highland, Memphis, TN 38122
FRIDAY, MAY 3
10:00 am – 6:00 p.m. (drop-in)
COST: FREE!
TUESDAY, MAY 28
6–8:00 p.m.
COST: FREE!
GROUP TOURS
Book a guided group tour of the museum.
REMINDERS & LOOKING AHEAD
INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR
with Laurin McCracken AWS NWS
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019, 5:00–7:00 P.M. and SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019,
9:00 A.M.–NOON and 2:00–4:00 P.M.
COST: $35
Please email Emily McCauley to be placed on the wait list.
REALISM IN WATERCOLOR PAINTING CLEAR AND COLORED GLASS with Laurin McCracken AWS NWS
JULY 30–AUGUST 2, 2019
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. each day
COST: $375 for Museum Members
$400 for Non-Members
Please email Emily McCauley to be placed on
the wait list.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS NEWS
Not only has NARM grown to offer 924 member institutions, your $100.+ membership to the University of Mississippi Museum entitles you to 62 more institutions’ admission benefits through the CUAM—College and University Art Museum reciprocal program. That’s 986 places to visit in the continental US. How many have you been to?
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATING SENIORS
Lucy Burnham
Mary Holland Burnett
Ben Strassman
Holly Badger
Bailey Hammett
Reed Ashton Kevin
Kaleigh Williamson
Kate Hoffman
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