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PAINTED PAGES, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, 13TH-18TH CENTURY AT THE HISTORY MUSEUM OF MOBILE

Jan 21st, 2025 - May 25th, 2025 ·

The History Museum of Mobile is excited to announce the next major exhibition, Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts, 13th – 18th Centuries!

This engaging exhibition will be on display through Sunday, May 25, 2025. The exhibit will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1  to 5 p.m. It includes more than 35 works, some with elaborate gold leaf decoration and intricate ornament from medieval Bibles, Prayer Books, Psalters, Books of Hours, Choir Books, Missals, Breviaries, and Lectionaries drawn from the collection of the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, who also organized the exhibition. Examples of materials such as parchment, vellum, gold leaf, and minerals which were ground into pigments and used by artists before the age of printed books to create these extraordinary pages are also featured in the exhibit.

Admission is $14.00 for adults, $12 for Seniors 65+, active/retired military with ID and children 13-18, $10.50 for children 6 to 12, and free for children under 5. All are admitted free on the first Sunday of every month. For more information visit: historymuseumofmobile.com/current-exhibits/


History Museum of Mobile

111 S. Royal St.
Mobile, AL 36602

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