PAST EXHIBITIONS
2008
| Open/Close | Exhibition Title | Location |
| 03/25/08-08/24/08 | John Franklin Koenig: Northwest Master, Home and Away |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/02/08-08/16/08 | Logging Days: Recent Donations of Darius Kinsey Photographs |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 04/06/08-08/16/08 | Jacobs Fund 35th Anniversary | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 12/02/07-04/27/08 | Photography Biennial: Nine to Watch from the Pacific Northwest |
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| 10/21/07-04/27/08 | Love, Murder, Magic: Paintings by Todd Horton |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 11/11/07-03/30/08 | The Bellingham YWCA: 100 Years of Challenge and Change |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 11/11/07-03/02/08 | Lewis Wickes Hine’s Crusade Against Child Labor |
1892 Old City Hall |
2007
| Open/Close | Exhibition Title | Location |
| 05/13/07-11/11/07 | American Abstraction: Works from the Washington Art Consortium Collection |
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| 07/01/07-10/21/07 | Site Specific: Northwest Installation Art |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 06/10/07-10/07/07 | Teaching Learning—Learning Teaching: The Campus School, 1899-1967 |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 01/14/07-06/10/07 | Heritage of Design: American Indian and First Nation Treasures from the Maryhill Museum |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 07/16/06-05/27/07 | Bert Huntoon and the Mt. Baker Lodge | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 11/19/06-04/29/07 | Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from Tacoma Art Museum |
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2006
| Open/Close | Exhibition Title | Location |
| 08/26/06–12/10/06 | Rodin: In His Own Words Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 10/01/06–10/29/06 | Art + All That Jazz 2006: An Artful Experience |
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| 01/15/06–09/10/06 | Contrasting Objectives: Fifteen Pacific Northwest Photographers |
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| 10/03/04–09/03/06 | Gimme Shelter | Children's Museum |
| 10/08/05–07/30/06 | Victorian Architecture: Gingerbread & Fish-Scale Shingles |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 11/06/05–07/02/06 | Fun Art for Kid's Eyes:A Special Look at the Museum’s Permanent Collection |
1892 Old City Hall |
2005
| Open/Close | Exhibition Title | Location |
| 02/13/05-03/27/05 | True North: The Images of Darius Kinsey | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/20/05-05/08/05 | A Promising Future | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/22/05-09/11/05 | An Enduring Legacy: Women Painters of Washington, 1930 – 2005 |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 5/22/05-10/23/2005 | Gone to the Dogs: Photographs from the Permanent Collection |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 5/08/05-12/04/2005 | Motorcycles: The Good, The Bad, and the Custom |
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2004
| Open/Close | Exhibition Title | Location |
| 01/18/04-06/27/04 | Of Local Interest: Jack Carver Photographs | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/21/04-04/25/04 | A Promising Future | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 05/09/04-09/05/04 | Icy Hell & the Pacific Northwest: Will E. Hudson, Newsreel Cameraman and Photographer |
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| 06/13/04-10/23/04 | Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50 | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 07/09/04-10/24/04 | Painted Songs, The Art of Fishboy, R.R. Clark | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 09/26/04-01/30/05 | Weegee the Famous: The Shock of Tabloid Photography |
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| 11/14/04-05/08/05 | Talk Back! The Community Responds to the Permanent Collection |
1892 Old City Hall |
2003
| Open/Close | Exhibition Title | Location |
| 01/18/03-04/27/03 | Virginia Wright Fund Donation | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 02/09/03-04/06/03 | Darius Kinsey Photographs | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 02/02/03-05/18/03 | Through European Eyes: Selected Works from the Maryhill Museum of Art |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/16/03-04/27/03 | A Promising Future | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 04/05/03-07/27/03 | Flying Flowers (secondary) | Children’s Museum |
| 05/03/03-06/01/03 | Beyond Borders | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/18/03-09/21/03 | Pacific NW Photography NOW | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 06/08/03-10/05/03 | John Cole: The Enduring Northwest Landscape |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 06/15/03-09/14/03 | Captured Time: Photographic Moments of Discovery in the Pacific Northwest |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 08/30/03-08/22/04 | Centennial Time Machine | Children’s Museum |
| 09/21/03-01/04/04 | Brewed in Bellingham: A Short History of Saloons, Bars and Taverns in 1905 |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 10/03/03-11/02/03 | Art & All That Jazz (Fundraiser) | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 10/26/03-05/02/04 | Bellingham Centennial: Stories of Place and Community |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 11/16/03-03/07/04 | Story Rugs—Tales of Freedom: The Work of Dale Gottlieb |
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2002
| Open/Close | Exhibition Title | Location |
| 01/20/02-05/12/02 | Luis Jimenez: Southwest by Northwest | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 02/23/02-03/30/02 | A Promising Future | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 03/02/02-09/01/02 | Insect Exhibit | Children’s Museum |
| 03/02/02 | Gem of an Evening (Fundraiser) | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/31/02-06/09/02 | Mt. Baker Theatre 75th Anniversary | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 04/21/02-10/20/02 | Tree Project | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 04/22/02-04/23/02 | Silver Tea | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/21/02-07/21/02 | Whatcom Art Guild Award Winners | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 06/01/02-08/11/02 | American Masters of the Twentieth Century |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 06/23/02-08/25/02 | Transforming Traditions: Northwest Indian College |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 08/25/02-01/12/03 | Susan Bennerstrom: Existing Light | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 09/08/02-01/05/03 | Contemporary American Masters: The Aiken Collection |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 10/01/02-07/27/03 | Spiders & Salamanders & Snakes, Oh My! | Children’s Museum |
| 11/10/02-02/23/03 | Taking the Wider View: J.W. Sandison’s Panoramic Photos |
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2001
| Open/Close | Exhibition Title | Location |
| 01/27/01-02/25/01 | Viking Union: Two Birds and One Stone | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 02/10/01-05/06/01 | Petland: Kathy Glowen | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 03/02/01-04/14/01 | A Promising Future | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/03/01-03/25/01 | Viking Union: My/Your/Him/Her Self | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/03/01-03/25/01 | Viking Union: Identity – WWU Photography 490 Students |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/31/01-05-06-01 | Viking Union: Beyond Borders | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 04/21/01-07/01/01 | Seven Presidents: The Art of Oliphant | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 04/21/01-10/14/01 | Darius Kinsey Collection & Whale by Duane Pasco |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 04/28/01-09/02/01 | Wild, Wild Wind (Secondary) | Children’s Museum |
| 05/12/01-06/10/01 | Viking Union: Exchange Ex: Univ. of Wisconsin |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/12/01-08/12/01 | Works from Permanent Collection | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 06/02/01-08/19/01 | The Donut Shop-4 | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 06/13/01-08/12/01 | Ted Gibson, Photographer | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 07/14/01-09/30/01 | Edward S. Curtis, Photographs | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 07/27/01-08/12/01 | Secrets of the Mt. Vernon Culture: A Preview (Outreach) |
Anacortes, WA |
| 08/19/01-11/25/01 | Sharon Antholt: Persistence of Memory | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 09/01/01-01/10/02 | Shepro Collection Time Pieces | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 09/02/01-01/20/02 | Secrets of the Mt. Vernon Culture | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 09/29/01-09/01/02 | It's A Jungle Out There! | Children’s Museum |
| 10/06/01-01/14/01 | Whatcom Artists Studio Tour Exhibition | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 10/21/01-01/06/02 | Unmasked At Last | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 10/21/01-01/06/02 | The Fleet's In | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 12/02/01-03/17/02 | Barbara Sternberger: Shifting Light | 1892 Old City Hall |
2000
| Open/Close | Exhibition Title | Location |
| 01/15/00-02/06/00 | Viking Union: Coming To | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 02/12/00-02/20/00 | Viking Union: Unusual Cloth | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/03/00-04/02/00 | Viking Union: 12x12x12 | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/04/00-04/22/00 | A Promising Future | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/18/00-05/28/00 | American Printmaking Masters Part I | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 03/31/00-04/02/00 | Art Among the Flowers | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 04/08/00-04/23/00 | Viking Union: Rampant Individualism/ Cornish BFA students |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 04/17/00-04/29/00 | Art & All That Jazz (Fundraiser) | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 04/28/00-05/20/00 | Viking Union: Compost | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/06/00-05/28/00 | Viking Union: Beyond Borders | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/06/00-06/18/00 | WWU-CC: Western Views Encore | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/20/00-08/19/00 | WWU-CC: Faculty Art | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |
| 05/22/00-10/15/00 | Contemporary Japanese Prints | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/27/00-08/06/00 | Lois Meyer: Paintings and Prints | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 05/27/00-05/29/00 | Mini Museum at Ski To Sea (Outreach) | Fairhaven, WA |
| 06/03/00-06/18/00 | Viking Union: Esoteric Black & White Oscillator |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 06/03/00-06/18/00 | Women of Western | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 06/10/00-08/13/00 | American Printmaking Masters Part II | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 07/07/00-09/23/00 | 20th Northwest International Art Competition | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 08/05/00-09/03/00 | Viking Union: Inanimate Selves, Alternate Realities |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 08/12/00-10/08/00 | Jane Hovde: Picasso's Eye, A Symbolic Process |
1892 Old City Hall |
| 08/19/00-09/10/00 | From the Collection | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 09/09/00-10/01/00 | Viking Union: Inadvertently Collaborated | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 09/16/00-11/19/00 | American Printmaking Masters Part III | 1892 Old City Hall |
| 09/16/00-01/21/01 | Up To Speed: A Century of Automobiles | ARCO Exhibits Bldg |