Past Exhibitions

Since its inagural exhibition in 1961, the Carter has mounted more than 500 exhibitions. The most recently closed exhibitions can be found below, and a comprehensive list of all past exhibitions can be found on the Exhibition History page.

August 18, 2007–October 14, 2007

Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster

This exhibition examines a key group of paintings from the late career of Charles Demuth (1883–1935), one of Americas preeminent twentieth-century modernist painters. The show places his works within the larger cultural context of the American avant-garde.

February 17, 2007–May 13, 2007

Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney

Experience an exhibition of beautiful oil paintings depicting vivid scenes of western expansion within the context of American culture and history in the decade prior to the Civil War.

February 2, 2007–April 8, 2007

William H. Johnson’s World on Paper

See seventy works by William H. Johnson (1901–1970) who, in only twenty years, created an extraordinary body of work that is recognized as a major achievement of American modernism.

December 16, 2006–May 20, 2007

Sweet Medicine: Photographing American Indian History

Compelling images of historic sites of American Indian conflict with the U. S. government and its citizens form the core of this exhibition featuring the work of photographer Drex Brooks (b. 1952).

December 2, 2006–May 20, 2007

Masterworks of American Portraiture

More than fifty works from the museums permanent collection examine the strong tradition of American portraiture.

October 7, 2006–January 7, 2007

Audubon’s Passion

Enjoy a rare opportunity to view some of the earliest prints from John James Audubons double-elephant-folio prints from The Birds of America. Admission is free.

September 16, 2006–January 7, 2007

Regarding the Land: Robert Glenn Ketchum and the Legacy of Eliot Porter

Experience the breathtaking beauty of landscape photography through the lenses of two of the art forms most important color artists: Eliot Porter and Robert Glenn Ketchum.

September 2, 2006–November 12, 2006

Bound for Glory: America in Color

Organized by the Library of Congress, this exhibition of seventy little-known color photographs is unique. Taken by photographers of the FSA/OWI between 1939 and 1943, the prints reveal a surprisingly vibrant world that has typically been revisited only through black-and-white images.

July 15, 2006–December 3, 2006

Eye of the Beholder: Artists of the United States' War With Mexico, 1846–1848

A selection from the museums important collection of works depicting this war, including fourteen daguerreotypes comprising the first wartime photographs ever made, present new interpretations about the conflict.

July 1, 2006–August 20, 2006

100 Great American Photographs

Some of the most artful and inspiring works in the history of photography will be on view in the Carter’s 4-600-square-foot Special Exhibition Galleries.