THE GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM (GRAM) PRESENTS THE 'DIANA: A CELEBRATION' EXHIBITION AS PART OF ITS 100th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 6.FEB.2011. ESTABLISHED IN 1910 BY THE CITY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS, THE GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM HAS SERVED THE REGION BY PRESENTING ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC WORKS OF ART. PAST GRAM EXHIBITION HAVE INCLUDED SCULPTURE OFF THE PEDESTAL, PERUGINO, MASTER OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND MATHIAS ALTEN: JOURNEY OF AN AMERICAN PAINTER. IN 2009, TO COMMEMORATE THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSTALLATION OF LA GRANDE VITESSE IN IN DOWNTOWN GRAND RAPIDS, GRAM OPENED THE CALDER IN THE COLLECTION EXHIBITION TO DISPLAY THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT AND PLEDGED COLLECTION OF CALDER WORKS. MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER HER DEATH, PRINCESS DIANA'S MEMORY STILL STIRS INTEREST AND EMOTION. THE EXHIBITION DIANA, A CELEBRATION PRESENTS THE LIFE AND HUMANITARIAN WORK OF ONE OF THE 20th CENTURY'S MOST REMARKABLE WOMEN THROUGH NINE GALLERIES CONTAINING OVER 150 OBJECTS, RANGING FROM HER ROYAL WEDDING GOWN AND 28 OF HER DESIGNER DRESSES TO FAMILY HEIRLOOMS, PERSONAL MEMENTOS, PAINTINGS AND RARE HOME MOVIES AND PHOTOS. THE EXHIBITION IS ON LOAN FROM THE ALTHORP ESTATE, THE SPENCER FAMILY'S 500 YEAR OLD ANCESTRAL HOME. THE SERIES OF STUNNING OBJECTS CHRONICLES HER LIFE AND INVITE THE VISITOR TO SHARE THE MILESTONES OF HER MANY ROLES: AS A YOUNGSTER, SCHOOLGIRL AND ATHLETE; AS THE SHY KINDERGARTEN TEACHER WHO CAPTURED THE HEART OF THE PRINCE AND THE PUBLIC; AS THE YOUNG, RAVISHING ROYAL BRIDE; AS THE DEVOTED MOTHER, SISTER AND DAUGHTER; AND AS THE TIRELESS CHARITY ADVOCATE AND SPOKESWOMAN. THE STRENGTH OF THE SPENCER WOMEN AND THEIR ROOTS IN THE BUCOLIC 500 YEAR OLD ALTHORP ESTATE FORM THE BACKDROP FOR DIANA'S FORMATIVE YEARS. ALSO FEATURED IN THE EXHIBITION ARE PORTRAITS OF HER ANCESTORS, FAMILY JEWELS, HEIRLOOMS, PAINTINGS, ARTIFACTS AND PHOTOS, WHICH PROVIDE THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT. HOME MOVIES FILMED BY HER FATHER AND SCENES FROM HER CHILDHOOD, HER ENGAGEMENT TO PRINCE CHARLES AND THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ROYAL WEDDING ARE REMEMBERED.
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