Highlights: "POSTERity: WPA's Art Legacy & America's Public Lands"

This visually stunning retrospective exhibition ran at the Interior Museum from April 8, 2014, to May 29, 2015. It united for the first time six rare national park posters produced by WPA artists for the National Park Service in the late 1930s, plus a full complement of contemporary editions in the same style and silk screen tradition of the originals. Featured were nearly 50 iconic prints associated with 36 national parks, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Interior Museum. Contemporary editions were done by Brian Maebius and Doug Leen. 

  • "POSTERity" Exhibition

    View of a museum exhibition gallery with a title and intro panel with vitrines
    View of a museum exhibition gallery with a title and intro panel with vitrines
    U.S. Department of the Interior Museum, 2014.

    "POSTERity" Exhibition

    The title wall and introductory section of the POSTERity exhibition at the Interior Museum. Visible are three rare original serigraphs depicting Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, as well as contemporary serigraphs, a locator map, and screenprinting equipment.

  • "POSTERity" Exhibition

    Gallery view of the "POSTERity" exhibition at the Interior Museum, showing six framed works and two serigraphs in vitrines
    Gallery view of the "POSTERity" exhibition at the Interior Museum, showing six framed works and two serigraphs in vitrines
    U.S. Department of the Interior Museum, 2014.

    "POSTERity" Exhibition

    This gallery view features six framed contemporary serigraphs from the Interior Museum's collection and two of the rare National Park Service originals-- Mount Rainier and Glacier--loaned for the exhibition. 

  • "POSTERity" Exhibition

    Exhibition gallery view with 14 framed serigraphs and vitrine filled with tools and materials explaining the silkscreen process.
    Exhibition gallery view with 14 framed serigraphs and vitrine filled with tools and materials explaining the silkscreen process.
    U.S. Department of the Interior Museum, 2014.

    "POSTERity" Exhibition

    This  view of the Interior Museum's POSTERity exhibition includes 14 contemporary serigraphs featuring national park sites, as well as a vitrine filled with tools and materials explaining the screen-printing process by which the images are created.

  • "POSTERity" Exhibition

    View of the "POSTERity" exhibition with interpretive panels and six framed serigraphs visible.
    View of the "POSTERity" exhibition with interpretive panels and six framed serigraphs visible.
    U.S. Department of the Interior Museum, 2014.

    "POSTERity" Exhibition

    This section of the POSTERity exhibition contained additional contemporary national park serigraphs from the Interior Museum's collection, as well as an explanation of the New Deal-era U.S. Travel Bureau, with re-editions of selected "See America" prints.

  • View of a museum exhibition gallery with a title and intro panel with vitrines
  • Gallery view of the "POSTERity" exhibition at the Interior Museum, showing six framed works and two serigraphs in vitrines
  • Exhibition gallery view with 14 framed serigraphs and vitrine filled with tools and materials explaining the silkscreen process.
  • View of the "POSTERity" exhibition with interpretive panels and six framed serigraphs visible.