Many museums around the world turned to their digitized collections to create online exhibitions, educational programming, and other moments for connection that we are all craving. But the Avenir Museum’s collection is not yet digitized. Through the NEH Cares Grant and collaboration with the CSU Library, the Avenir was able to achieve a new virtual experience.
The Avenir Museum and the Department of Design and Merchandising are very happy to announce that Gina Prantil is the latest member of the Avenir team
The Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising has launched a virtual exhibit about the history of its teaching collection — a website that lets users share not only their memories, but also their ideas for the future of the museum.
Over the last year and a half, we have been researching and gathering information about the history and growth of our collection for an exhibition planned for the fall of 2020 called Threads of our Community: The History of the Avenir.
On Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m., a representative from the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver will present a lecture about Women's Suffrage.
On Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, professor of women's and gender studies at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, will be the guest speaker.
The humble hanger. You probably have a closet full of them, right? Well, so does the Avenir Museum, but ours are pretty special.
Clothing and other textiles like quilts play an important role in the country’s history of women’s rights.
The realization of a generous bequest from longtime Avenir Museum supporter Edith Wartburg makes it possible for undergraduate students to join the museum.