For nearly fifty years, Charles Monroe Schulz entertained audiences from around the world with his Peanuts comic strip.  With his endearing Peanuts characters, Schulz explored a broad range of emotions, from friendship and faith to tolerance and disappointment.  Inside Peanuts: The Life and Art of Charles M. Schulz celebrates the cartoonist’s extraordinary life and describes his creative process and artistic focus.This exhibition contains reproduction comic strips and preliminary sketches that follow the development of the characters who make up the unique world of Peanuts; quotes by Schulz explaining his art; and selected Peanuts collectibles from six decades. Tear sheets of comic strips by prominent cartoonists who influenced Schulz as a young artist reveal the contrast of Schulz’s drawing style to the elaborately illustrated cartoons popular during the early twentieth century.  These elements create an experience for visitors that will illuminate the story behind the creation of one of the most popular and influential cartoon strips of all time.

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July 19 through September 14, 2008
RIVERSIDE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM (Riverside, California)

December 6, 2008–April 12, 2009
LA PULPERIE DE CHICOUTIMI (Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada)

Every year for nearly fifty years during baseball season, Peanuts fans could expect a healthy number of strips portraying Charlie Brown and the Gang engaged in America’s favorite pastime.  Based heavily on Charles Schulz’s childhood experiences with sandlot baseball, the stories of the Peanuts baseball team are in turn whimsical, thoughtful, hilarious, and full of pathos.Peanuts at Bat takes a lighthearted look at Schulz's love for the all-American sport and showcases the Peanuts Gang’s hapless pursuit of a winning baseball strategy. The exhibition includes 47 high-resolution reproductions of Peanuts strips and selected memorabilia.

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July 4 through August 29, 2008
RIVERSIDE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM (Riverside, California)

April 4 through May 31, 2009
TOONSEUM
at the Children's Museum of Pittsburg (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)

September 16 through October 27, 2010
WASHAKIE MUSEUM (Worland, Wyoming)

The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum will spotlight over a hundred of the world’s most recognizable enthusiasts in its new exhibit, MotoStars: Celebrities + Motorcycles. The 8,000-square-foot exhibit will feature many priceless machines, exclusive memorabilia, and tales from celebrities’ favorite two-wheel adventures.

The Schulz Museum is proud to be a part of this ambitous exhibition; on display from our collection will be reproduction Peanuts strips and Joe Motocross memorabilia.

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May 1, 2008 through May 1, 2009
MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME MUSEUM (Pickerington, Ohio)

. . . takes off in a traveling exhibition!  Curated by Schulz Museum with ExhibitsUSA, the exhibition will travel around the country from July 2006 through June 2011.The Flying Ace made his debut in Peanuts on October 10, 1965, and quickly became one of Snoopy’s best–loved personas.  Though usually on the losing side of his encounters with the nefarious Red Baron, the Flying Ace never gives up his quest for victory.  When he is not battling his arch–rival, he can be found quaffing root beers, romancing a lovely French lass, or flying the Gang around atop his trusty doghouse.This exhibition consists of forty high–quality reproduction prints and will travel for five years to various venues around the country. For more information, contact ExhibitsUSA at(800) 473-EUSA or info@eusa.org.

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July 5 to August 16, 2008
STAUTH MEMORIAL MUSEUM (Montezuma, Kansas)

September 1 to November 30, 2008
COLLEGE PARK AVIATION MUSEUM (College Park, Maryland)

December 15, 2008 to January 19, 2009
TEXARKANA REGIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL, INC.
(Texarkana, Texas)

February 3 to June 20, 2009
BOULDER HISTORY MUSEUM (Boulder, Colorado)

July 5 to August 16, 2009
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART, ONTARIO (Ontario, California)

September 1 to November 30, 2009
LIBERTY MEMORIAL MUSEUM (Kansas City, Missouri)

December 15, 2009 to April 30, 2010
INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
(USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier, New York City)

May 15 to June 20, 2010
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & ENERGY
(Oak Ridge, Tennessee)

July 5 to August 16, 2010
DOROTHY PAGE MUSEUM & HISTORIC TOWN SITE
(Wasilla, Alaska)

September 1 to October 5, 2010
(Kansas City, Missouri) ~ pending

October 21 to November 30, 2010
WYOMING STATE ARCHIVES & MUSEUM (Cheyenne, Wyoming)

December 15, 2010 to January 19, 2011
TUNICA MUSEUM (Tunica, Mississippi)

February 3 to March 10, 2011
YPSILANTI DISTRICT LIBRARY (Ypsilanti, Michigan)

March 25 to April 30, 2011
MID-AMERICA AIR MUSEUM (Liberal, Kansas)

May 15 to June 20, 2011
HOT SPRINGS GREATER LEARNING FOUNDATION
(Thermopolis, Wyoming)

During its nearly fifty year history, the Peanuts comic strip grew to have a strong connection with the winter season, especially Christmas.  This exhibition celebrates the holiday season with a presentation of the winter sports that Schulz himself enjoyed; a behind-the-scenes history of the making of the animated classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas; and a holiday narrative as explored in the Peanuts comic strip. 

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Shown each Christmas season through January 2012
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER MUSEUM & FACTORY (Louisville, Kentucky)

Peanuts—Found in Translation, was created for the Schulz Museum by Japanese artist Yoshiteru Otani in 2004. Yoshi created the ink paintings on handmade washi paper, incorporating the Peanuts Gang and Japanese characters. These paintings reveal Yoshi's trademark whimsical humor and remain true to the characters' personalities. The title of the exhibition alludes to both the images in the paintings reflecting the message of the Japanese calligraphy as well asthe fact that Schulz's Peanuts characters continue to speak, in translation, to people worldwide.Found in Translation has been traveling in Japan since April 2005. Schulz Museum Members get free admission to all exhibition venues with their Membership Card.

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