with the support of generous partners, the museum of the white mountains has sponsored the production of several travelling panel exhibitions on various white mountains subjects. each of these panel exhibitions has been curated by experts and designed by professionals and meets the standard of excellence for all mwm exhibitions.
learn more about each project and view each complete panel exhibition by clicking on the linked title.
these panel exhibitions are available for loan to organizations or venues outside the mwm. if your organization or venue is interested in renting one of these panel exhibitions, please email museum.wm@plymouth.edu or call (603) 535-3210.
location: weather discovery center in north conway
date: september 20, 2013 - september 20, 2013
opening reception: weather discovery center the night of the opening from 5:00-7:00 pm.
the great blowdown is a panel exhibition inspired by curator dr. lourdes aviles’ new book taken by storm, 1938, a social and meteorological history of the great new england hurricane.
location: silver center for the arts, lobby gallery
date: march 3, 2010 - april 11, 2010
opening reception: march 3, 4–6 p.m.
panel exhibition celebrating the weeks act. the 1911 weeks act created a truly national forest system, authorizing the federal government to purchase and maintain land in the eastern u.s. as national forests.
date: october 15, 2008 - december 12, 2008
the berlin, nh, company pioneered a number of innovations, driven by a desire to make better use of the forest as a resource for a wide array of products—from “aeroplane spruce” to “kraft” pulp/paper, and including some unlikely stops along the way (“kream krisp,” anyone?).
location: silver center for the arts, lobby gallery
date: october 15, 2008 - december 12, 2008
opening reception: october 15, 4-6 p.m.
the brown company photographic collection documents the history of the brown company paper mill of berlin, nh from the late 19th century through the mid-1960s. much of the collection chronicles the social, cultural, and recreational lives of the workers, their families, and the place of these people in the life of the city of berlin. the images, which are accessible from the web site, allow viewers to add written content about the photographs, or to share information about the paper mill by telephone.