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collection & exhibitions

Special Exhibitons
The Johnie Griffin Collection
Studer and Johnson: Treasures of the Panhandle
Telling Stories, Connecting Lives: PPHM Celebrates 75 Years
The Santa Fe Collection
Don Ray Retrospective

“Extra!  Extra! Read All About It!”
The Amarillo Globe-News

Belles Of The Ball

Stones And Bones From The Collection

The James D. Hamlin Collection

Better Dressing Through Chemistry: Petrochemical Fibers

Remembering The Alamo,
1836-2009
 “It’s Been Good To Know Yuh”: Woody Guthrie In Pampa,
1929-1936

Contemporary Furniture From The Powers Family

“To Soothe The Savage Breast”: Musical Instruments

Panhandle-Plains Invitational Art Show and Sale
Lone Star Still Lifes
Oil is Life? The Great Search for American Energy
Will James: The Hays Collection
Art of the Red River War
Toys in the Attic

CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE FROM THE POWERS FAMILY

Back Forward

October 31, 2009—May 2, 2010

When Sydney Franklin Powers, Jr. (1918-1984) and his wife Edna Laverne Green (1919-2007) completed their new “dream” home at 1608 South Bonham Street in Amarillo in late 1950, they purchased a houseful of new, up-to-date, contemporary furniture that they used for the rest of their lives.  An exhibit in the Furniture Gallery from October 3, 2009 until March 28, 2010 will spotlight