In honor of Henry Fleckenstein’s years of service to the decoy collecting community, the Ward Museum and the Fleckenstein family are pleased to announce plans for the Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr. Decoy Study Gallery. Since the museum opened in its current location in 1991 the Decoy Study Gallery has displayed the geographic range of antique… Read more »
The World Championship Gallery is the largest of the Museum’s galleries, featuring a high vaulted ceiling and showcasing contemporary carvings. Many of these are masterpieces from the museum’s premier event, the annual Ward World Championship Carving Competition. Each year a special showing unveils the current winners. In this gallery, carvings of eagles, swans, owls, geese, ducks,… Read more »
The Habitat Theater provides a multidisciplinary setting unique for an art museum, featuring a children’s interactive puppet theater, a gallery space for student art, and educational wall panels. The space also houses much of the Ward Museum’s collection of flyers, which float invisibly above the heads of viewers. Visitors can also use the interactive kiosk, which… Read more »
The Decoy Study Gallery identifies the major migratory flyways – Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and Pacific – and showcases the diverse decoy carving traditions of North America. The story is enhanced by the layout of study cases, each with many examples of decoys indigenous to each hunting region, allowing visitors to note the differences and similarities among decoys… Read more »
Charley Harper’s highly stylized wildlife prints, posters, and book illustrations have captivated generations of viewers. Readers and art enthusiasts may know his work from The Giant Golden Book of Biology, Ford Times, or any of the over 50 ecological and conservation posters he created for non-profit conservation groups, nature centers, zoos, U.S. national parks and monuments, and… Read more »
The Ward Brothers Workshop features the carvings of Lemuel and Stephen Ward, tracing the development of their work and reproducing their barbershop studio. Visit The Ward Brothers page to read more about Lem and Steve Ward. Ward Brothers Workshop Gallery (4:14) Beginning May 31, 2014 the new Ward Brothers film, “Nature’s Counterfeiters: Lem and Steve Ward,” will be… Read more »
The Decoy in Time Gallery is a reconstructed wetland environment complete with decoys, birds, hunting paraphernalia, morning mist, and even calling ducks. With woodlands to one side and marsh one the other, the gallery tells the history of the use of the decoy by Native Americans, early settlers, market hunters, and sport and contemporary hunters.