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The Fate of "Ophelia" and Other Favorites from TMA’s European Collection

Date: December 5, 2025, Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m. & 5:30–6:30 p.m., Location: Great Gallery, Cost: Free for all

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The Fate of Ophelia and Other Favorites from TMA’s European Collection

Friday, December 5 | Great Gallery

3:30–4:30 p.m. & 5:30–6:30 p.m.

 

Rediscover some of the Toledo Museum of Art’s most captivating European paintings before the galleries close for transformation, reopening in 2027. Join Dr. Megan Reddicks Pignataro, Curatorial Research Associate in European Art, for a lively look at more than five centuries of artistic creativity, from the everyday to the fantastical, and everything in between.

Along the way, encounter beloved works by artists such as Peter Paul Rubens and Jacques-Louis David, and linger on TMA favorites like Blind Man’s Buff and Ophelia. In Arthur Hughes’s Ophelia, the tragic heroine of Shakespeare’s Hamlet wanders in a dreamlike haze, gathering flowers that tell her story through their meanings—the willow for sadness, the daisy for innocence, the violet for faithfulness. Her beauty and fate, rendered in luminous color and emotion, embody the timeless pull of European art that continues to resonate today.

This program will be held in galleries, which will close to the public on December 14 for a comprehensive gallery reinstallation. Learn more about the Reimagining Our Galleries here. This tour offers a special opportunity to experience this iconic space before it undergoes its transformation

Registration for this tour is required. 

Guests are invited to meet in the Great Gallery (Gallery 36) and check in five minutes before the tour begins.

If you need accommodations, assistance, or appropriate modifications to fully participate in this event, please let us know by contacting Access Initiatives at [email protected]. Please note that while we endeavor to provide everyone with a positive visitor experience, last-minute requests may not be accommodated; we ask for requests to be made, at minimum, three days prior to the event. Thank you.
 
If you've registered but can no longer attend, kindly notify the museum as soon as possible so we can accommodate others.

 

 

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• Ages 0–4: Free, no ticket required
• Ages 5–17: Child ticket
• Ages 18 and up: Adult ticket

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