Exhibit | Illustrating America: Columbia Magazine Covers

Exhibition open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking and admission, EXCEPT Good Friday (Friday, April 3); Holy Saturday (Saturday, April 4); Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 5); Independence Day (Friday, July 3).

Columbia, the monthly magazine of the Knights of Columbus, featured illustrated covers from 1921 until 1988, at which time color photography replaced the illustrations. Over this period of nearly seven decades, more than 70 different illustrators contributed cover art. There are more than 200 original studies for Columbia covers in the Knights of Columbus Museum Collection that reflect a wide range of subjects. As part of the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center’s celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary, this exhibition focuses on works that showcase everyday life in America, depicting humorous, sentimental, and nostalgic moments from the 1950s to the 1980s.