Past Exhibits

Toyland: Artifacts of Youth
Toyland: Artifacts of Youth November 17, 2022 – March 5, 2023 Organized by William King Museum of Art & Presented in The Glenn C. Price & The Strongwell Galleries This holiday season, explore the wonders of youth through children’s playthings from the past two ...
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Washington: The Myths and the Man
Washington: The Myths and the Man October 6 – January 29, 2022 Washington: The Myths and the Man is organized by the Virginia Museum of History & Culture & Presented in The United Company/LeGard Gallery at William King Museum of Art As commander-in-chief, George Washington led the ...
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God Willing, We’ll See Each Other Again: The Life and Work of William Fields
God Willing, We’ll See Each Other Again: The Life and Work of William Fields July 28, 2022 – December 4, 2022 “One day at a time.” This was the advice that William Fields gave to so many. The phrase implies living in the moment and focusing on the time that we have today. Indeed William Fields lived ...
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The Long Rifle in Virginia
The Long Rifle in Virginia April 1, 2022 – October 31, 2022 United Company – Legard Galleries, Cultural Heritage Gallery The long rifle was a surprise factor in winning American independence. A distinctive product of the ...
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The Open Road: The Art of the Motorcycle
The Open Road: The Art of the Motorcycle June 16, 2022 – September 18, 2022 United Company – Legard Galleries, World Fine Art Gallery “The Open Road: The Art of the Motorcycle” is a retrospective of the art, design, and history of the motorcycle. A ...
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Humor Me: The Art of Laughter
Humor Me: The Art of Laughter February 24 – July 3, 2022 In the age of Covid, it seems that the world around us has become dull and gray. This exhibition aims to provide the audience with a bit of laughter. The McGlothlin Exhibition ...
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Lift Your Spirits: Nurturing the Human Spirit Through Creativity
Lift Your Spirits: Nurturing the Human Spirit Through Creativity February 3, 2022 – May 29, 2022 Celebrate and investigate the human spirit in the act of creating in the upcoming exhibition Lift Your Spirits: Nurturing the Human Spirit Through Creativity, on display at William King Museum of Art.
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Will the Circle be Unbroken?
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? November 11, 2021 – March 13, 2022 William King Musuem of Art in Abingdon, VA, United Company – Legard Galleries, Cultural Heritage Gallery Will the Circle Be Unbroken? takes a look ...
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From These Hills 2021: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands
William King Museum of Art (WKMA) celebrates the diversity of regional artists with the 15th anniversary of its biennial exhibition, From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands. This major exhibition of new works by artists working in all media highlights the continuing artistic vision of individuals in our ...
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Bernini and the Roman Baroque: Masterpieces from Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia
At the dawn of the seventeenth century, a new generation of ...
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