special exhibitions a sampling of past exhibitions |
ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero:
The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938—1950
The Breman's unique special exhibition, ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938—1950, the first in-depth exhibition of its kind, invites visitors into the world of super heroes, illuminating the creative processes and influences that drove their young creators to provide America with an escape from the despair and helplessness of the 1929 stock market crash.
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Every Picture Tells a Story: 
Teaching Tolerance Through Children's Literature
March through August, 2003
Fads and styles change from generation to generation, but the words and images in books that we first encounter as children remain an unspoken and powerful influence throughout our lives. Through the compelling magic of books, children learn many important messages. Sensitive stories and evocative pictures allow adults to begin a dialogue with young people about tolerance, respect, community, diversity, knowledge, acceptance, understanding, and our common humanity.
This exhibition is a traveling exhibition. Learn more.
Not Sold in Stores
November through February, 2003
The Christian Children's Fund is the sponsor of this exhibition of homemade toys from troubled regions around the world.
Life Reborn
April through June, 2002
This three-part exhibition focused on the lives of European Jews before the Holocaust, immediately following their liberation from the concentration camps, and after the war. The exhibition included Children of a Vanished World—Photographs by Roman Vishniac, Belsen Revisited: Photographs by Colonel Charles Curtis Mitchell, and Rebirth After the Holocaust: The Bergen-Belsen Displaced Person Camp, 1945—1950.
Belsen Revisited is a traveling exhibition. Learn more.
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis,
Vienna 1898—Auschwitz 1944:
The Artist Who Inspired the Children's Drawings of Terezin
December 2001 through March 2002
The American premier of the life work of Viennese artist and art teacher Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, deported to Terezin concentration camp where she transfored her art instruction into art therapy for the children.
Where the Wild Things Are: 
Maurice Sendak in His Own Words & Pictures
March through November 2001
This multi-media exhibition includes photographs, illustrations and text from books, letters, videos and music on the life work of Maurice Sendak. Viewing the artist through the lens of his Jewish heritage, the show added another dimension to the perception of Sendak as a writer and illustrator.
This exhibition, created by The Breman, is currently traveling to different venues around the country. Learn more.
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