Let it Snow: Winter Scenes in Snow Globes and Japanese Prints at the Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts

Let it Snow: Winter Scenes in Snow Globes and Japanese Prints

October 28, 2014–January 4, 2015 D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts » Second Floor

Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor

This winter-themed exhibit celebrates the season and the Japanese tradition of contemplating the beauty in nature through 65 rarely-seen prints from the Raymond Bidwell Collection of the D’Amour Museum, one of the largest collections of its kind in the world.

In addition, the exhibit will feature 50-60 exquisite snow globes from a private New England collection, including antique domes made by the Atlas Toy Company, travel souvenirs, holiday scenes and popular culture-themed snow globes manufactured in the United States, Paris and Austria.