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Hey everyone! Welcome to the first full week of “The Making of Madison” exhibit in honor of JMU’s very own James Madison. Come on in to The Lisanby Museum, located in the bottom floor of Festival (open from 10am-4pm) to visit the interns and see a bit of our namesake’s personal history! 

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Hey Everyone! Don’t get blown away by all this wind! Take refugee in the Lisanby’s Egypt Exhibit! This is the last week to come see Coming Forth By Day :Life and Death in Ancient Egypt so make sure you don’t miss the Lisanby this week!

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Recovering after Winter Storm Jonas? You don’t need to bundle up inside The Lisanby Museum at James Madison University! Come sit down with a nice hot coffee and enjoy the current Egyptian exhibit.

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Need a good reason to get out of the house?

Want to learn something new?

Head over to James Madison University’s Lisanby Museum to get a good look at the current exhibit! 

The Egyptian exhibit currently on display tells of the ancient Egyptian’s afterlife rituals and tombs. Be sure to come see this peek into the past before it goes away in February!

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When finals got you down come on into The Lisanby Museum today from 10-4! This is our last day before we close for finals week and break! 

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Beautiful sunsets, amazing views, and art work! Come on into the Lisanby Museum today from 10-4 and get your culture for the week! 

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Before you leave for Thanksgiving Break, stop into the Lisanby Museum for our exhibit Woman, Behold Your Son while you can!  We will be closed next week Nov 23-27.

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Happy Friday Everyone! Come visit the Lisanby Museum located on the bottom floor of Festival from 10-4 today to get your weekly dose of culture! 

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Hey Dukes! Only two weeks left until Thanksgiving Break, believe in yourself!

-From the Lisanby 

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Happy Friday everyone! The Lisanby Museum is wrapping up our first week of our new exhibit Woman, Behold Your Son, The Life and Death of Jesus Christ. Need to study before your crazy Halloween weekend? Just want a piece of free candy? Come on in to The Lisanby Museum and sit a spell! 

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Well Dukes, we’ve survived the hurricane! Come celebrate with our new exhibit Bridge of Dreams! The Lisanby is full of 18th and 19th century wood block prints! Even if art isn't your thing come celebrate the sun with us and study in our quiet nooks with a view! 

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Welcome back to JMU everyone. From Freshman to Seniors, Professors to Graduate Students, The Lisanby Museum would like to invite you to our new exhibit, (More posts to follow detailing our new art!) and to a new school year! Go Dukes!

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Today is the day, graduation is finally upon us! Good luck and best wishes to everyone graduating this weekend!! 🎓 #JMUGrad #JMU15 #JMU

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While the Lisanby Museum may be empty now, it'll be a different story come September. We're pleased to announce that we'll be kicking off the Fall 2015 semester with "Bridge of Dreams: Buddhism, History, and Society in the Ukiyo-e Prints of Edo Japan." Coming your way 9/7!! #JMU #LisanbyJMU #emptymuseum

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#NewWhitney #JasperJohns #EmpireStateBuilding

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Jasper Johns’s Three Flags (1958) on the Empire State Building in celebration of the new Whitney.

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Lisanby Staff Reception - Thursday, April 29th

Tomorrow is the last day that the Lisanby will be open for the semester - don’t leave for the summer without checking out our Dolley Madison exhibit! :)