Due to the overwhelming success of our Absinthe Party, Poster House is teaming up one more time with Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries and Don Spiro of The Green Fairy Society to host a Zoom presentation on Art Deco Posters & Cocktails! Join us as Nicholas shares coveted poster classics and rare gems from […]
Join the Independent Museum Professionals Network as it hosts Poster House, the first museum in the U.S. dedicated to posters, and Isometric Studio in a thought-provoking and creative workshop. Following a brief history of the public service announcement, participants will be introduced to elements of poster design, have the opportunity to exchange ideas about the […]
This event has reached capacity on Zoom. However, we will be simultaneously livestreaming on Facebook for all to attend! Please tune in to the Poster House Facebook page at 5:30 pm on June 8. You can find meal prep instructions at the bottom of this page so that you are ready to get started when the […]
Join everyone’s favorite blazer-loving poster duo for a Fireside Chat on Instagram Live! Angelina Lippert, our Chief Curator, and Nicholas Lowry, Director of Swann Auction Galleries, are two of the biggest personalities in the poster world. And they also happen to be best buddies! So why not spend your evening hanging out with them? There’ll even […]
The Type Directors Club recently launched its TDC Virtual Salon series, in which members and friends of the organization meet over Zoom to share their love of all things design. The goal is to bring together people who love typography and to inspire them to research, experiment, write, create, and share. This Thursday, join Poster […]
Every month, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for the low vision and blind community. Explore one of the museum’s shows with an experienced educator trained in the art of verbal description and learn more about the history of printed posters. Due to the current public health crisis surrounding COVID-19, we’re bringing our description […]
As part of Poster House’s Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers. Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their […]
As part of Poster House’s Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers. Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their […]
When Poster House closed its door to the public on March 10, it looked for ways to continue its mission of educating and serving the public through posters. Inspired by Steven Heller's article in PRINT Magazine about posters commissioned during the polio epidemic, Poster House and PRINT asked more than 20 designers to contribute pieces […]
As part of Poster House’s Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers. Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their […]
We may be closed, but we're still celebrating! Tune in to our various social media accounts all day for memories and milestones from the past year. If you have pictures from your visits to Poster House, be sure to share and tag us in them!
It's our First Birthday!! And there's no better way to celebrate such a milestone than with a poster-themed Drag Brunch! We've enlisted none other than the incomparable Hedda Lettuce to host Classic Movie Poster Trivia over Zoom. So grab a cocktail (or two), order in some Eggs Benedict from your local diner, and prepare to compete […]
Luis Xtravaganza's new “Werque” Dance class fuses hip-hop, jazz, and Vogue. With his exciting choreography, you can work up a sweat and add some flair to your game without ever leaving your home! Let your hair down, have some fun, and feel liberated and FIERCE. This Zoom session will begin with a brief hello from […]
Alphonse Mucha arrived in Paris in 1887, living in relative poverty as an obscure illustrator for many years. On Christmas Eve in 1894, the Lemercier printing firm was tasked with making a poster for the reopening of a play featuring one of the world’s most famous actresses, Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha happened to be one of […]
Join everyone’s favorite blazer-loving poster duo for a Fireside Chat on Instagram Live! Angelina Lippert, our Chief Curator, and Nicholas Lowry, Director of Swann Auction Galleries, are two of the biggest personalities in the poster world. And they also happen to be best buddies! So why not spend your evening hanging out with them? There’ll even […]
The Poster House Book Club meets a few times an exhibition cycle to discuss vibrant, interesting, and dynamic works of fiction which relate to the posters on view. Because we want to encourage community during this time of social distancing, we are moving this edition of book club online! In honor of our magical billboard […]
As part of Poster House's Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers. Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their […]
No other crisis in modern American history has had the same visual impact as that of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the myriad posters that were created in its wake. Raw, brutal, harrowing, and direct, these images were a call to action to a society that was ignoring the deaths of countless queer people. As part […]