Through a display of nineteenth to twenty-first century Burmese ivory, silver, textiles and paintings, Legacies on Display reveals the complicated history of cultural and artistic objects and the lasting impact, intended or unintended, they leave behind as they travel from their point of origin to their final home in a museum, where a new history of public display and interpretation begins. Using the Burma Art Collection at NIU to explore these issues, this exhibition examines and questions the changing narratives that objects undergo as their life extends beyond a generation. From the once venerated elephant ivory carvings to the once forbidden modern protest paintings, Legacies on Display interrogates how meanings and interpretations are created, changed and left behind as part of our human record.

Standard museum opening hours are:
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Wednesday
Noon - 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday
Noon - 3 p.m. Saturday

For more details visit niu.edu/artmuseum