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Peabody Essex Museum Celebrates America250 With New Declaration of Independence Exhibition

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, is launching a new exhibition titled "Pressing Importance: Salem and the Declaration of Independence" on May 2, 2026. Curated by Dan Lipcan, the show features rare materials from the museum's Phillips Library, including two of the earliest surviving broadside editions of the Declaration. The display focuses on the Revolutionary-era manuscripts, newspapers, and pamphlets that were instrumental in circulating the message of independence throughout the colonies.

Rare documents from National Archives’ Freedom Plane tour draw history buffs and more to USC Fisher Museum

The USC Fisher Museum of Art is hosting the "Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation," a traveling exhibition of rare founding-era documents from the U.S. National Archives. The show, which runs through May 3, includes items such as a rare engraved copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris (1783), and a Senate markup of the Bill of Rights (1789). USC is the only university stop on the eight-city national tour, and the documents arrived in Los Angeles on a special Boeing 737. The exhibition has drawn history students, faculty, and the public, with USC Distinguished Professor Peter C. Mancall bringing his class to study the documents up close.

Gallery Space presents Face(t)s of America Exhibition

The City of Rahway has announced the upcoming exhibition "Face(t)s of America" at Gallery Space, running from April 18 through June 13, 2026. Featuring works by six artists—Rodríguez Calero, Dong Kyu Kim, Carlos Mateu, Roxanna Meléndez, Diane Phares, and Duquann Sweeney—the show utilizes portraiture and painting to explore themes of identity, heritage, and belonging in the United States. The exhibition will include a public reception on April 24 featuring performances by the New Jeru Poetry Slam Team.

Schneider Museum creative arts staff explores ‘Pursuit of Happiness’

Southern Oregon University's Schneider Museum of Art is opening its first exhibition of 2026, titled "The Pursuit of Happiness," featuring works by fifteen SOU creative arts staff and educators. The show, running from January 29 to March 14, explores themes of American identity and happiness in the context of the nation's 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It includes nearly 50 works, notably a large hand-dyed quilt tapestry by educator Vanessa Jo Bahr, and marks the museum's first faculty and staff exhibition since 2019.

Seaport Art Walk accepting artist proposals for 2026 exhibition

The Seaport Art Walk in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is now accepting artist proposals for its 2026 edition, which will run from July 9 to October 31, 2026. The juried outdoor exhibition, themed “Good Trouble” in honor of the late Rep. John Lewis and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, invites submissions of temporary sculptures, murals, or photography exploring civil disobedience, community organizing, and cultural resistance. Proposals are due by February 23, 2026, with stipends ranging from $250 to $2,500 per artwork.

New exhibition at Palmer Museum through July 27 calls for community response

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has opened a new exhibition titled “Shaping American Histories, Dreaming American Futures,” on view through July 27. The show features works that explore diverse American histories, including Billy Morrow Jackson's lithograph “The Tattooed Man,” which references the 1963 Birmingham church bombing. Visitors are invited to contribute reflections on a community response wall, answering questions about the nation's past, present, and future via sticky notes.

Noyes Arts Garage Exhibits Highlight College Students' Work and Contributions of Immigrants and Migrant Laborers

The Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University has launched two concurrent exhibitions: "Monuments to Migration and Labor" and "Emerging Visions." The former, supported by the Mellon Foundation, features regional artists like Chung-Fan Chang whose work explores cultural identity and the immigrant experience through labor-intensive techniques. The latter serves as a massive collegiate showcase, featuring diverse media from over 50 students representing five different Southern New Jersey higher education institutions.