EXHIBITIONS
The Story of America: 1776-2026
ORGANIZED BY THE MUSEUM OF DEMOCRACY
MAY 16 - JULY 18, 2026
SPONSORS
This exhibition has been sponsored in part by The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation and with General Operating support by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Step into 250 years of American history through presidential campaigns, patriotic symbols, and the ideals shaping the nation.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
FIRST LIGHT: Celebrating Student Artists of Southampton
SECOND SKIN
ORGANIC ABSTRACTION II: CONTEMPORARY OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
BEYOND THE PRESENT: COLLECTING FOR THE FUTURE
INDEPENDENCY: THE AMERICAN FLAG AT 250 YEARS
EAST END COLLECTED 8
ORGANIC ABSTRACTION: CONTEMPORARY OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
COUPLES SQUARED
BEYOND THE STREETS: POST GRAFFITI
LOOK AT THE BOOK
HEROINES OF THE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST ERA
CHANGE AGENTS: WOMEN COLLECTORS
SHAPING THE ART WORLD
ICONIC IMAGES BY HARRY BENSON
EAST END COLLECTED 7
A CELEBRATION OF TREES
FIGURES TRANSFORMED
OUTCROPPING - INDIGENOUS ART NOW
TECHSPRESSIONISM - DIGITAL & BEYOND
CLEARING THE AIR
WHIMSY
HAMPTONS FINE ART FAIR
STOREFRONT ART PROJECT
BEYOND THE STREETS ON PAPER
EARTH - ARTISTS AS ACTIVISTS
Art credits, top to bottom:
Norman Mooney, Sculpture #4 | April Gornik, Tropical Drift | Jennie Nichols, Still Life Table | Lee Krasner, Offbeat | Harry Benson, Truman Capote in Sand | Alice Aycock, Untitled Cyclone | Renata Janiszewska, The Imperial Heir | Strong-Cueva's, Mind’s Eye, Loretta Bechert photo | Beth Moon, Izar | Erica Cirino, Plastic Tide | Gallery Photo Credits, Rob Rich