Openings and Closings: April 21 to April 27 Elizabeth Lanza
A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, Volume 6 by George Edwards (1694–1773), 1758–1764.
University of Michigan Library Special Collections Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan; courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
We’ve all been in a powder room or two lavishly wallpapered with multicolored birds. But haven’t you ever wondered where this style had its origins? Luckily for us, opening this week at the Toledo Museum of art is an exhibition entitled
Rare and Wondrous highlights works produced from the 17
th to the 19
th centuries. As a special addition, the exhibition will feature the museum’s recent acquisition