Museum to unveil new exhibits

June 25, 2015

Museum to unveil new exhibits

Four new exhibits at University Museum will official open with a public reception from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, June 26.

The new exhibits are:

• ·      “Carol Good: Light and Dark: Impressions in Watercolor and Glass.” Good is a native of Carbondale. The exhibit runs through Sept. 4.
• ·      Steve Mueller, “Gelman’s Railroad Photographs,” a collection of photographs by the late journalist and photographer Ben Gelman. The exhibit runs through Oct. 2.
• ·      “Conservation of a Painting.” Features the unveiling of University Museum’s restored “USS Switzerland.” The exhibit runs through Oct. 24.
• ·      “A Flatboat Excavation.” Mark Wagner, associate scientist with the Center for Archeological Investigations, presents work on excavating an 1800-era flatboat in the Ohio River near Olmstead. The exhibit runs through Oct. 24.

Additional information on each of the summer exhibits is here. The reception is free and open to the public with refreshments provided by the Friends of the Museum.