Exhibitions

FEBRUARY 24 – MAY 21, 2023
Columbus Botanical Garden

Of the 13 Olmsted Brothers residential projects completed in Georgia, the W.C. Bradley estate in Columbus is recognized by landscape historians as the most significant. This panel exhibition will explore the history of the Bradley Olmsted Garden, as it is now known, first in its design and construction and then through its use by hundreds of Columbus residents and visitors.

APRIL – JUNE 2023
Do Good Fund Gallery

Since the 1850s, American audiences have learned about news events through images in newspapers. The Columbus Museum owns more than 250 photographs from the archives of the Ledger-Enquirer, the city's longest-running newspaper. This exhibition highlights the many stories told through the faces and places of the Chattahoochee Valley, as captured by Ledger-Enquirer photographers.

MAY 23 – AUGUST 26, 2023
The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus State University

This installation presents the very best contemporary realist paintings from the holdings of The Columbus Museum. As a survey in miniature, the exhibition provides visual evidence to students and visitors of the style's different inflections since the 1950s. In addition, the exhibition will chart how the use of realism has evolved from straightforward transcription to encompass more conceptual approaches.

JULY 7 – AUGUST 18, 2023
Columbus Public Library

The Columbus Museum will share local artifacts from its collection as part of the Columbus Public Library's hosting of Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling panel exhibition presented by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association.

SEPTEMBER 15 – DECEMBER 9, 2023
The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus State University

This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see an engaging group of the Museum's drawings that depict animals and plants. Ranging from scientific illustration to avant-garde treatments of subjects, the exhibition captures human interaction with the natural world.