When the Gibbes Museum opened in 1905, the nation celebrated what Charleston has always understood: the power of art – to inspire our imagination, heal our hurt, and nourish our souls.

Gibbes Museum in the News: Week of May 29

Gibbes Museum Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The grand reopening of the Gibbes and the new Lenhardt Garden continued to generate exciting media attention this week:

The Associated Press highlighted the reopening exhibits and renovation and syndicated to the Washington Times, Miami Herald, The State, The Charlotte Observer, and more.

The Post & Courier featured an in-depth and detailed piece on “The Things We Carry”

The Gibbes’ garden made the Post & Courier’s front page of Home & Real Estate in Sunday’s paper

NBC affiliate News 2 highlighted some of the exciting new features the Gibbes offers visitors

LowcountrybizSC gave readers an inside look of the new space

CBS affiliate Live 5 News offers viewers a look into how the museum is “out with the old and in with the new”

Charleston Regional Business Journal’s front page was taken over with a lovely photo of the museum and an announcement of Saturday’s ribbon cutting

The Charlotte Observer recognized Charleston’s excitement over all the recent cultural festivities, acknowledging the museum’s reopening as a stimulant for the excitement

ARTFIXdaily featured an extensive article on the reopening, including mentions of the Lenhardt Garden and two blockbuster exhibitions

Art Mag included a feature story which helped feed the hype of the ribbon cutting in its newsletter

ABC News 4 announced the reopening and included details about exhibits, collections and other features

The Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) recently mentioned the Gibbes as part of the
Heritage Project. The article includes links to the Museum and both reopening exhibitions.

Published June 6, 2016

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