The display includes vivid color reproductions of paintings as well as six original 19th century wood engravings from the pictorial press of the day. Homer visited Hurley several times during the decade of the 1870s and captured his personal view of rural life in America in a departure from the art he created during the Civil War while embedded with the Union troops. Some of the works are familiar images. Some are in private collections and are rarely viewed by the public. All are evocative of the Hurley we know so well. The exhibit includes pairs of "Then and Now" photographs of locations depicted in the artworks and an 1875 map of Hurley showing the layout of the village and countryside in Homer's time. Period objects displayed along with the art bring to life many elements that appear in Homer's work. We invite one and all to visit the museum this season. You will come away with a new appreciation for just how much our own Hurley inspired one of the greatest American artists of the 19th century.