See Women and Flight, July 1997. New permanent exhibition traces the competition in space between the United States and the former Soviet Union back to its origins in the 1950s. The Space Race, August 1997. Plugged in and Playing with Power, January 1997. American Encounters Permanent display focuses on the American Indian, Hispanic and Anglo-American cultures of New Mexico's Upper Rio Grande Valley.
Permanent exhibition offers an innovative look at the direct-mail industry.
New gallery showcases the National Gem Collection and takes visitors from the depths of a copper mine to the far reaches of the Solar System. See A Gem of an Exhibition, September 1997. More than 100 images represent all facets of Brady's work. Paintings, miniatures and photographs of Wharton and friends, along with first editions, memorabilia. A heartland artist who broke the old regionalist mold, May 1997.