Past Exhibitions
In our Downstairs Changing Gallery, we strive to present informative, innovative, and always interesting exhibitions for our visitors. In past exhibitions, we have explored the histories of particular Peanuts characters, Charles Schulz's own cartooning influences, and how Peanuts has been portrayed in American popular culture.
| The Language of Lines:
How Cartoonists
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July 25 through November 30, 2009
This exhibition is the second in a trilogy exploring the foundations of cartooning. How Cartoonists Create Characters explores iconic characters, cartoon heroes and villains, and dynamic duos.
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| To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA |
March 13, 1969 (detail)
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January 31 through July 20, 2009
To the Moon takes a looks at the history of Apollo 10 and the Peanuts characters’ role in that flight and in the NASA Manned Flight Awareness safety program. It featured a one-third scale model of the Apollo command module from the Johnson Space Center, an Apollo-era flight suit, and the actual image of Charlie Brown that flew aboard Apollo 10.
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