Open February 2021

Love for All Seasons

 

“There are as many loves
as there are hearts.”
Leo Tolstoy

 

This special exhibition by Elaine von Bruns is about love’s many forms–romantic love, married love, the love between friends, siblings, parents and children, and between people and pets. Valentines and keepsakes from Diane Stern’s private collection sweeten the show.

 

Go on the Venus Hunt! The Goddess of Love herself appears throughout the exhibition–on window screens, sculptures, a mannequin, pictures, and cartoons.

 

For everyone’s safety, all visits are limited to 30 minutes, but Love for All Seasons will be on display for several months, so please come and see it more than once!

 

The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular Salem Athenaeum hours.  Tuesday — Friday: 1 PM – 6 PM and Saturday: 10 AM – 2 PM.

 

 

Past Exhibitions:

Cosmos: Sand Dollars to Stars

The Grand Tour

The Language of Flowers

Food for Thought

Quinton Oliver Jones (1903-1999)

What Hawthorne Read
from the Collections of the Salem Athenaeum

Elections: Winning the Vote

Celia’s Salon: America’s First Artists’ and Writers‘ Colony

Samuel Hall: Patriot Printer of the Revolution

Early Birds: Portraits by the Fathers of American Ornithology

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