List of Shaker Exhibits

From Shaker Pedia

Exhibit Institution Dates Addr Notes
A Promising Venture: Shaker Photographs from the WPA New York State Museum 2/14/2015-3/6/2016 Albany, New York Book/Herzberg
A Shaker Legacy: The Shaker Collection at the New York State Museum The New York State Museum 11/5/1999-1/2/2000 Albany, New York Catalogue/Shearer
A Shaker Legacy: The Shaker Collection at the New York State Museum The New York State Museum 7/29/2000-10/22/2000 Albany, New York Catalogue/Shearer - encore presentation
An Eye Toward Perfection: The Loan Exhibition at the 54th Annual Winter Antiques Show Park Avenue Armory 1/16/2008-1/27/2008 New York, New York Catalogue/Grant
As It Is In Heaven: The Legacy of Shaker Faith and Design Loyola University Museum of Art 2/7/2015-4/26/2015 Chicago, Illinois
Community Industries of the Shakers The New York State Museum 9/1/1932-7/1/1933 Albany, New York Curated by Lassiter - smaller follow up exhibition to Community Industruies
Community Industries of the Shakers (series of exhibits) The New York State Museum 6/17/1930-7/1/1932 Albany, New York New York State Museum Bulletin #15/Andrews - Community Industries of the Shakers
Community Industries of the Shakers: A New Look The New York State Museum 7/2/1983-1984 Albany, New York D. Emerich catalogue. Touring exhibit 6/1986-11/1988 (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services)
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women The Menello Museum of American Art 1/10/2002-3/24/2002 Orlando, Florida Materials loaned from HSV
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women Figge Art Museum 10/1/2000-11/26/2000 Davenport, Iowa Materials loaned from HSV
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women Naples Museum of Art 11/1/2003-2/1/2004 Naples, Florida Materials loaned from HSV
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women Fullerton Museum Center 2/22/2003-5/18/2003 Fullerton, California Materials loaned from HSV
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women Hudson River Museum 6/14/2003-9/7/2003 Yonkers, New York Materials loaned from HSV
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women Georgia Museum of Art 9/22/2001-12/12/2001 Athens, Georgia Materials loaned from HSV
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University 9/5/2002-11/17/2002 New Orleans, Louisiana Materials loaned from HSV
Creating Perfection: Shaker Objects and Their Affinities Seattle Art Museum 10/5/2000-4/28/2001 Seattle, Washington Reworked from Paine/Webber exhibition/Shaker Museum Collections
Design and Manufacture of the Shakers Lenox Library/Sedgwick Hall 8/23/1934-9/8/1934 Lenox, Massachusetts Catalogue/Andrews - Exhibit of Applied Photography by William Winter (separate catalogue)
Exhibit of Photographs by William Winter Albany Institute of History and Art 11/1/1938-11/x/1938 Albany, New York Curated by Lassiter in cooperation with New York State Museum/40 William Winter Photographs
Exhibition of Shaker Arts and Crafts Worcester Art Museum 12/7/1938-1/8/1939 Worcester, Massachusetts Catalogue/Andrews - first exhibit to show 'period rooms'
Focus on Shaker Woodenware (Part I) New Britain Museum of American Art 12/3/2016-8/27/2017 New Britain, Connecticut
Focus on Shaker Woodenware (Part II) New Britain Museum of American Art 9/3/2017-5/30/2018 New Britain, Connecticut
Furnishing Utopia 3.0: Hands to Work Design Within Reach/SOHO Studio 5/19/2018-5/22/2018 New York, New York
Furnishing Utopia: Shaker Design Influence Now Design Within Reach/SOHO Studio 5/20/2017-5/24/2017 New York, New York
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection The Mercer Museum 1/28/2017-4/23/2017 Doylestown, Pennsylvania Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection Museum of Texas Tech University 10/3/2014-1/9/2015 Lubbock, Texas Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum 11/17/2012-1/20/2013 Wausau, Wisconsin Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection Portland Museum of Art 11/27/2011-2/5/2012 Portland, Oregon Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection Stamford Museum and Nature Center 2/3/2011-4/23/2011 Stamford, Connecticut Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection Loyola University Museum of Art 2/7/2015-4/26/2015 Chicago, Illinois Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection The Mitchell Gallery/St. John's College 3/9/2012-4/20/2012 Annapolis, Maryland Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection Frist Center for Visual Arts 4/11/2014-11/2014 Nashville, Tennessee Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection Bellevue Arts Museum 7/3/2012-10/28/2012 Bellevue, Washington Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection Fruitlands Museum 9/1/2013-12/1/2013 Harvard, Massachusetts Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie
Hands to Work and Hearts to God: The Shaker Tradition in Maine Bowdoin College Museum of Art 4/3/1969 - x/x/1969 Brunswick, Maine Later toured various locations in Maine
Heavenly Visions: Shaker Gift Drawings and Gift Songs The Drawing Center 11/2/2001-12/22/2001 New York, New York Book/Morin - spirit drawings
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 Kents Hill School 1/12/1987-2/25/1987 Kents Hill, Maine Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 Portland Public Library 10/2/1986-10/31/1986 Portland, Maine Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 University of Maine at Farmington 11/9/1986-12/14/1986 Farmington, Maine Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 University of Maine at Orono 3/5/1987-4/12/1987 Orono, Maine Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 Nylander Museum 5/25/1987-6/26/1987 Caribou, Maine Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 Alfred Historical Society 9/3/1986-9/26/1986 Sanford, Maine Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985
Ingenious and Useful: Shaker Sisters Communal Industries, 1860-1960 at Sabbathday Lake Eli Whitney Museum 10/8/1986-1/5/1987 Hamden, Connecticut Written by Brother Ted Johnson
Ingenious and Useful: Shaker Sisters Communal Industries, 1860-1960 at Sabbathday Lake York Institute 4/27/1987-8/28/1987 Saco, Maine Written by Brother Ted Johnson
Inspired Design: Shaker Furniture from the Benjamin Rose Collection San Francisco International Airport 2/1/2013-8/1/2013 San Francisco, California
Inspired Innovations: A Celebration of Shaker Ingenuity New Britain Museum of American Art 1/16/2010-4/11/2010 New Britain, Connecticut Book/Miller
Kindred Spirits: The Eloquence of Function The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens 11/14/1995-3/3/1996 Delray Breach, Florida Materials loaned from HSV
Kindred Spirits: The Eloquence of Function The Art Complex Museum 4/12/1996-9/8/1996 Duxbury, Massachusetts Materials loaned from HSV
Kindred Spirits: The Eloquence of Function Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art 4/21/1995-10/8/1995 San Diego, California Materials loaned from HSV
Line and Curve: The Elsworth Kelly & Jack Shear Shaker Collection Jeff Bailey Gallery 3/24/2018-5/13/2018 Hudson, New York
Order In All Things: Community and Identity in Shaker Architecture Loyola University Museum of Art 2/7/2015-4/26/2015 Chicago, Illinois
Out Of This World: Shaker Design Past, Present and Future Shelburne Museum 6/16/2007-10/28/2007 Shelburne, Vermont Book/Burks
Receiving the Faith: The Shakers of Canterbury, New Hampshire Museum of our National Heritage 11/22/1992-5/16/1993 Lexington, Massachusetts Photography Exhibit - Cara Sutherland
Receiving the Faith: The Shakers of Canterbury, New Hampshire Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion 12/10/1993-2/9/1994 Stamford, Connecticut Photography Exhibit
Religion in Wood: A Study in Shaker Design Museum of Early American Folk Arts 9/28/1965-11/24/1965 New York, New York Book/Andrews (Published in 1966)
Shaker Art University of Oregon Museum of Art 5/2/1966-5/29/1966 Eugene, Oregon Materials loaned from HSV
Shaker Arts and Crafts Everson Museum 1/12/1971-3/14/1971 Syracuse, New York
Shaker Arts and Crafts Memorial Art Gallery/University of Rochester 11/13/1970-12/27/1970 Rochester, New York
Shaker Arts and Crafts Munson-Williams Proctor Institute 3/28/1971-5/2/1971 Utica, New York
Shaker Craftsmanship Jones Library 6/12/1937-9/12/1937 Amherst, Massachusetts Catalogue/Andrews - Photographs of William Winter
Shaker Craftsmanship and Art The Berkshire Museum 7/13/1940-x/x/1940 Pittsfield, Massachusetts Catalogue/Andrews
Shaker Design Sezon Museum of Art 11/11/1992-12/26/1992 Sezon, Japan Catalogue/Sprigg - Materials loaned from HSV
Shaker Design Whitney Museum of American Art 5/29/1986-8/31/1986 New York, New York Catalogue/Sprigg
Shaker Design Corcoran Gallery of Art 9/27/1986-1/4/1987 Washington, D.C. Catalogue/Sprigg
Shaker Design: Out Of This World The Bard Graduate Center 3/13/2008-6/15/2008 New York, New York Book/Burks - reworked from Shelburne Museum
Shaker Design: The Art and Furnishings of an American Communal Sect The Craft Center 1/26/1967-2/18/1967 Worcester, Massachusetts Materials loaned from HSV
Shaker Gifts, Shaker Genius: The Collections of the Shaker Museum and Library Paine Webber Gallery 1/22/1999-4/2/1999 New York, New York Catalogue/Budis
Shaker Handicrafts Whitney Museum of American Art 11/12/1935-12/12/1935 New York, New York Catalogue/Andrews
Shaker Inspirational Drawings Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection 1/21/1962-3/4/1962 Williamsburg, Virginia Catalogue/Andrews (see 1960 Colby Museum of Art)
Shaker Inspirational Drawings Colby Museum of Art 9/29/1960-10/15/1960 Waterville, Maine Catalogue/Andrews - Harvard, Williamstown, Amherst, Andover, Northampton
Shaker: Decoding an Identity McLachlan Woodworking Museum 5/3/2016-9/4/2016 Kingston, Ontario (Canada)
Shaker: Function, Purity, Perfection European Fine Art Fair 3/13/2015-3/22/2015 Maastrict, Netherlands Forward by Terrance Conran
Shaker: Furnishings for the Simple Life Smithsonian Institution/Renwick Gallery 3/19/1999-7/25/1999 Washington, D.C. Reworked from 'Shaker: The Art Of Craftmanship'
Shaker: Furniture and Objects from the Faith and Edward Deming Andrews Collection Smithsonian Institution/Renwick Gallery 11/2/1973-4/7/1974 Washington, D.C. Materials loaned by Andrews - Booklet/Shaker: The Heaven Inspired Drawings
Shaker: Masterworks of Utilitarian Design Katonah Gallery 11/20/1983-1/8/1984 Katonah, New York Catalogue/Sprigg
Shaker: Original Paints and Patinas Center for the Arts/Muhlenberg College 11/17/1987-1/10/1988 Allentown, Pennsylvania Catalogue/Sprigg
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery & Sculpture Garden 1/21/1996-3/31/1996 Lincoln, Nebraska Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship Barbican Art Gallery 1/22/1998-4/26/1998 London, UK Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship Delaware Art Museum 10/12/1996-1/5/1997 Wilmington, Delaware Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship The Chrysler Museum 2/18/1995-4/16/1995 Norfolk, Virginia Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship Wichita Art Museum 2/3/1997-3/30/1997 Wichita, Kansas Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship Columbus Museum of Art 4/19/1996-6/30/1996 Columbus, Ohio Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship American Museum in Britain 5/16/1998-10/18/1998 Bath, UK Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship Munson-Williams Proctor Institute 5/5/1997-7/13/1997 Utica, New York Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship High Museum of Art 6/13/1995-9/10/1995 Atlanta, Georgia Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship Wadsworth Atheneum 9/30/1995-12/3/1995 Hartford, Connecticut Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection)
Shakers and Movers: Selections from the Collection of Dr. Thomas and Jan Pavlovic Art Institute of Chicago 1/26/2016-12/3/2017 Chicago, Illinois
Simple Gifts: Hands to Work and Hearts to God The William Benton Museum of Art 3/20/1978-5/21/1978 Storrs, Connecticut Catalogue/Sprigg - Materials loaned from HSV
Simple Gifts: Shaker at the Met The Metropolitan Museum of Art 7/13/2016-8/6/2017 New York, New York
Simple Gifts: The Alfred Shakers 1783-1931 Saco Museum 8/11/2005-10/30/2005 Saco, Maine
Simplest Means Jeff Bailey Gallery 1/10/2014-2/22/2014 Hudson, New York
Simply Shaker: Groveland and the New York Communities Rochester Museum and Science Center 1/11/1991-9/2/1991 Rochester, New York Catalogue/Kramer
That is Best Which Works Best 1/18/2017-1/22/2017 Toronto, Canada Done as part of Furnishing Utopia traveling exhibit
The Furnishings of Shaker Dwellings and Shops The Berkshire Museum 10/10/1932-10/30/1932 Pittsfield, Massachusetts Catalogue/Andrews - Photographs by William Winter. First true exhibition catalogue
The Gift of Inspiration: Art of the Shakers Hirschl and Adler Gallery 5/3/1979-5/29/1979 New York, New York Spirit drawings - based on 1970 exhibit at HSV
The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and the Shakers Institute of Contemporary Art 6/10/1998-9/27/1998 Boston, Massachusetts Based on previous exhibition at Sabbathday Lake in 1996
The Shaker Order of Christmas American Folk Art Museum 11/24/1969-1/4/1970 New York, New York Catalogue/Andrews - reprint from their 1954 brochure
The Shakers in New York State American Folk Art Museum 9/14/1979-11/21/1979 New York, New York
The Shakers: Abiding Inspiration in Faith and Design Decorative Arts Center of Ohio 10/3/2009-1/3/2010 Lancaster, Ohio
The Shakers: America's Quiet Revolutionaries New York State Museum 11/15/2014-3/6/2016 Albany, New York
The Shakers: An Exhibition Concerning Their Furniture, Artifacts and Religion The Women's Auxiliary/United Cerebral Palsy 11/7/1975-11/11/1975 Hartford, Connecticut
The Shakers: Focus On: Enfield, Connecticut New Britain Museum of American Art 6/14/2015-11/20/2016 New Britain, Connecticut
The Shakers: From Mt. Lebanon to the World Farnsworth Museum of Art 6/14/2014-3/8/2015 Rockland, Maine
The Shakers: Photographs by Ann Chwatsky/Objects from Sabbabthday Lake Nassau County Museum of Fine Art 4/20/1987-5/24/1987 Roslyn Harbor, New York Book/Wertkin - The Four Seasons of Shaker Life
The Shakers: Pure of Spirit, Pure of Mind The Art Complex Museum 5/20/1983-9/4/1983 Duxbury, Massachusetts Collection of the Weyerhauser Family
The Shakers: The Life & Production of a Religious Community in the Pioneering Days of America Centre Pompidou 1/14/1976-1/29/1976 Paris, France Book/Mang and Fisher - Munich, Vienna, Gothenberg
The Shakers: The Life & Production of a Religious Community in the Pioneering Days of America Stedelijk Museum 10/24/1975-12/14/1975 Amerstdam, Netherlands Book/Mang and Fisher - Munich, Vienna, Gothenberg
The Shakers: The Life & Production of a Religious Community in the Pioneering Days of America Manchester City Art Gallery 3/25/1975-4/20/1975 Manchester, UK Book/Mang and Fisher - Munich, Vienna, Gothenberg
The Shakers: The Life & Production of a Religious Community in the Pioneering Days of America Victoria and Albert Museum 5/8/1975-6/15/1975 London, UK Book/Mang and Fisher - Munich, Vienna, Gothenberg
The Shakers: Their Arts and Crafts Philadelphia Museum of Art 4/19/1962-5/20/1962 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Zieget Collection - Later donated to the PMA
The Work of Shaker Hands Smith College Museum of Art 1/4/1961-1/25/1961 Northampton, Massachusetts Catalogue/Andrews - Supplemental Book 'The American Shakers' (HSV Publication)
Transcendent Functionalism Jeff Bailey Gallery 12/9/2017-1/28/2018 Hudson, New York
True Gospel Simplicity: Shaker Furniture in New Hampshire New Hampshire Historical Society 7/3/1974-9/30/1974 Concord, New Hampshire
Two Shaker Villages: South Union and Pleasant Hill, Kentucky J.B. Speed Art Museum 2/17/1976-3/21/1976 Louisville, Kentucky
Work: Shaker Design and Recent Art Tang Museum/Skidmore College 7/7/2001-9/23/2001 Saratoga Springs, New York