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Thursday, July 9, 2026, All Day
Thursday, July 9, 2026, All Day

Selections from the Collection

Collection Gallery
Selections from the Collection features objects from the museum’s photography and related technology collections. A conceptual thread connects objects, which rotate in and out of the exhibition, to the various lineages that exist throughout the history of photography. Showcased is a field richly interdependent on community networks for its progress.
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Thursday, July 9, 2026, All Day

Ahndraya Parlato: TIME TO KILL

Project Gallery
Ahndraya Parlato: TIME TO KILL is an evocative interrogation of gendered aging unfolding through photographs, letters, and sculpture. In the exhibition, Parlato explores her fears and fantasies around aging and thinks about how women may become less culturally visible as they enter perimenopausal stages of life.
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Thursday, July 9, 2026, All Day

Edward Steichen and the Garden

Main Galleries

Over a professional life spanning seven decades, Edward Steichen (1879–1973) established himself as one of the most important figures in the history of photography. What is less known is that for much of that time, Steichen devoted himself to the nurturing of plants and gardens, an activity that sustained him and through which he developed ardently held beliefs regarding the relationship of art, nature, and creativity.

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Thursday, July 9, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

First Man (DCP)

Dryden Theatre

America in Space Ryan Gosling plays the legendary Neil Armstrong in this adaptation of the James Hansen biography, directed by Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash, Babylon).

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Friday, July 10, 2026, All Day

Ahndraya Parlato: TIME TO KILL

Project Gallery
Ahndraya Parlato: TIME TO KILL is an evocative interrogation of gendered aging unfolding through photographs, letters, and sculpture. In the exhibition, Parlato explores her fears and fantasies around aging and thinks about how women may become less culturally visible as they enter perimenopausal stages of life.
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Friday, July 10, 2026, All Day

Edward Steichen and the Garden

Main Galleries

Over a professional life spanning seven decades, Edward Steichen (1879–1973) established himself as one of the most important figures in the history of photography. What is less known is that for much of that time, Steichen devoted himself to the nurturing of plants and gardens, an activity that sustained him and through which he developed ardently held beliefs regarding the relationship of art, nature, and creativity.

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Friday, July 10, 2026, All Day
Friday, July 10, 2026, All Day

Selections from the Collection

Collection Gallery
Selections from the Collection features objects from the museum’s photography and related technology collections. A conceptual thread connects objects, which rotate in and out of the exhibition, to the various lineages that exist throughout the history of photography. Showcased is a field richly interdependent on community networks for its progress.
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Friday, July 10, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

The Help (DCP)

Dryden Theatre

2026 George Eastman Award Winner: Octavia Spencer Octavia Spencer earned an Academy Award on her first nomination in this film based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. Set in early-1960s Jackson, Mississippi, the story follows “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone), recently graduated from college and looking to become a writer.

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Saturday, July 11, 2026, All Day

Selections from the Collection

Collection Gallery
Selections from the Collection features objects from the museum’s photography and related technology collections. A conceptual thread connects objects, which rotate in and out of the exhibition, to the various lineages that exist throughout the history of photography. Showcased is a field richly interdependent on community networks for its progress.
Read More
Saturday, July 11, 2026, All Day

Ahndraya Parlato: TIME TO KILL

Project Gallery
Ahndraya Parlato: TIME TO KILL is an evocative interrogation of gendered aging unfolding through photographs, letters, and sculpture. In the exhibition, Parlato explores her fears and fantasies around aging and thinks about how women may become less culturally visible as they enter perimenopausal stages of life.
Read More
Saturday, July 11, 2026, All Day

Edward Steichen and the Garden

Main Galleries

Over a professional life spanning seven decades, Edward Steichen (1879–1973) established himself as one of the most important figures in the history of photography. What is less known is that for much of that time, Steichen devoted himself to the nurturing of plants and gardens, an activity that sustained him and through which he developed ardently held beliefs regarding the relationship of art, nature, and creativity.

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Saturday, July 11, 2026, All Day
Saturday, July 11, 2026, 10 a.m.

George Eastman Bike Tour - SOLD OUT

George Eastman Museum

Explore Rochester in a new way. A nod to George Eastman's own love of cycling, the George Eastman Bike Tour takes you to ten different locations related to the life and work of this pioneer of popular photography.

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Saturday, July 11, 2026, 2 p.m.

Matinee: The Right Stuff (35mm)

Dryden Theatre

America in Space Thrilling, comedic, and epic, writer-director Philip Kaufman adapts Tom Wolfe’s docu-drama novel about the Mercury program, NASA’s first steps toward space flight.

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Saturday, July 11, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

High Anxiety (35mm)

Dryden Theatre

100 Years of Mel Brooks Comedic genius Brooks plays Dr. Thorndyke, the new administrator for the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous.

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Sunday, July 12, 2026, All Day
Sunday, July 12, 2026, All Day

Selections from the Collection

Collection Gallery
Selections from the Collection features objects from the museum’s photography and related technology collections. A conceptual thread connects objects, which rotate in and out of the exhibition, to the various lineages that exist throughout the history of photography. Showcased is a field richly interdependent on community networks for its progress.
Read More
Sunday, July 12, 2026, All Day

Ahndraya Parlato: TIME TO KILL

Project Gallery
Ahndraya Parlato: TIME TO KILL is an evocative interrogation of gendered aging unfolding through photographs, letters, and sculpture. In the exhibition, Parlato explores her fears and fantasies around aging and thinks about how women may become less culturally visible as they enter perimenopausal stages of life.
Read More