Exhibitions

Crown Jewels: Donation Highlights

On Exhibit Through April 13, 2025

Traveling Exhibition: POW! Capturing Superheroes, Chess & Comics!

On Exhibit Through May 11, 2025

Clash for the Crown: Celebrating Chess Champions

On Exhibit Through January 12, 2025

Donna Dodson: Match of the Matriarchs and other Amazonomachies

February 15, 2024 - September 15, 2024

Featured Chess Sets 2024

On Exhibit Through December 31, 2024

T. S. Eliot: A Game of Chess

May 17, 2023 - March 24, 2024

Sound Moves: Where Music Meets Chess

May 17, 2023 - January 28, 2024

Featured Chess Sets 2023

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, Its Origin, and Influence

August 18, 2022 - April 30, 2023

Golf the Galleries 2022

June 3, 2022 - August 12, 2022

Missouri Bicentennial Chessboard

Mind, Art, Experience

10 Years of Chess & Culture in Saint Louis

January 27, 2022

Featured Chess Sets 2022

January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Golf the Galleries 2021

July 2, 2021 - September 6, 2021

Pawns & Passports

Chess Sets from Around the Globe

June 3, 2021 - January 9, 2022

Check Please

Chess Dining & Decor

June 3, 2021 - January 9, 2022

Masterminds

Chess Prodigies

February 11, 2021 - November 7, 2021

Featured Chess Sets 2021

January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Keith Haring

Radiant Gambit

November 19, 2020 - May 16, 2021

Dare to Know

Chess in the Age of Reason

June 22, 2020 - November 1, 2020

Drawn Games

Chess Posters from Around the World

June 22, 2020

Power in Check

Chess and the American Presidency

June 22, 2020 - January 31, 2021

2020 Cairns Cup Exhibition

February 6, 2020 - February 17, 2020

Featured Chess Sets 2020

January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Ground Control

A Journey Through Chess and Space

November 7, 2019 - April 26, 2020

Michael Drummond

Being Played

October 10, 2019 - March 22, 2020

A Beautiful Game

October 10, 2019 - March 22, 2020

Golf the Galleries 2019

Artist-Designed Mini Golf

June 1, 2019 - August 11, 2019

M.C. Escher

Infinite Variations

May 2, 2019 - September 22, 2019

US Chess: 80 Years

Promoting the Royal Game in America

March 6, 2019 - October 27, 2019

2019 Cairns Cup Exhibition

February 5, 2019 - February 16, 2019

Featured Chess Sets 2019

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Harry Benson

Kings & Queens

October 5, 2018 - April 14, 2019

Universal Turf

Peter Manion

October 5, 2018 - April 14, 2019

Grand Chess Tour

Art of Chess 2018

June 12, 2018 - December 16, 2018

Kings, Queens & Castles

Summer Satellite

June 11, 2018 - July 27, 2018

Golf the Galleries

Artist-Designed Mini Golf

June 1, 2018 - August 12, 2018

Capturing Imagination

Pop Culture and Chess

May 17, 2018 - November 4, 2018

Painted Pieces

Art Chess from Purling London

April 12, 2018 - September 16, 2018

The Staunton Standard

Evolution of the Modern Chess Set

April 12, 2018 - September 16, 2018

The Sinquefield Effect

The Resurgence of American Chess

April 12, 2018 - February 24, 2019

Featured Chess Sets 2018

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

Global Moves

Americans in Chess Olympiads

November 10, 2017 - March 31, 2018

PINNED!

A Designer Chess Challenge

October 6, 2017 - March 25, 2018

Victor Vasarely

Calculated Compositions

October 6, 2017 - March 25, 2018

Grand Chess Tour: Art of Chess 2017

Traveling Exhibition

June 21, 2017 - December 11, 2017

Open Files II

Celebrating 5 Years of Collecting

April 27, 2017 - October 29, 2017

The Imagery of Chess

Saint Louis Artists

March 23, 2017 - September 24, 2017

POW!

Capturing Superheroes, Chess & Comics

March 23, 2017 - September 17, 2017

Featured Chess Sets 2017

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

Designing Chessmen

A Taste of The Imagery of Chess

September 29, 2016 - March 12, 2017

Open Files

Celebrating 5 Years of Collecting

September 29, 2016 - April 15, 2017

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Natural Splendors from the Chess Collection of Dr. George & Vivian Dean

September 29, 2016 - March 12, 2017

Tom Hackney

Corresponding Squares: Painting the Chess Games of Marcel Duchamp

May 19, 2016 - September 11, 2016

Her Turn

Revolutionary Women of Chess

February 4, 2016 - September 4, 2016

Featured Chess Sets 2016

January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016

Kings, Queens & Castles

October 31, 2015 - September 11, 2016

Ladies' Knight

A Female Perspective on Chess

October 29, 2015 - May 1, 2016

Battle on the Board

Chess during World War II

June 25, 2015 - January 17, 2016

Marcel Dzama

Mischief Makes a Move

May 14, 2015 - October 18, 2015

Encore!

Ivory Chess Treasures from the Jon Crumiller Collection

May 14, 2015 - October 18, 2015

Freedom Under Rough Years

February 23, 2015 - April 26, 2015

Featured Chess Sets 2015

January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

The Covers

December 22, 2014 - April 26, 2015

Living Like Kings

The Unexpected Collision of Chess and Hip Hop Culture

October 9, 2014 - April 26, 2015

Make Your Mark

October 9, 2014 - February 22, 2015

Pieces and Placement

October 9, 2014 - April 26, 2015

Street Beautification

October 9, 2014 - November 23, 2014

The Burning Boards

September 1, 2014

A Memorable Life

A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer

July 24, 2014 - June 7, 2015

Reunion

May 15, 2014

Cage & Kaino

Pieces and Performances

May 8, 2014 - September 21, 2014

Strategy by Design

Games by Michael Graves

May 8, 2014 - September 28, 2014

Sundance Film Memorabilia Exhibition

feat. Bobby Fischer Against The World

February 12, 2014

Featured Chess Sets 2014

January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

Jacqueline Piatigorsky

Patron, Player, Pioneer

October 25, 2013 - July 13, 2014

A Queen Within

Adorned Archetypes, Fashion & Chess

October 19, 2013 - April 19, 2014

Prized and Played

Highlights from the Jon Crumiller Collection

May 3, 2013 - September 15, 2013

The Sound of Art

May 4, 2013

Bill Smith

Beyond the Humanities

March 7, 2013 - August 25, 2013

Featured Chess Sets 2013

January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013

Featured Chess Sets 2012

October 31, 2012 - December 31, 2012

Everybody's Game

Chess in Popular Culture

October 18, 2012 - April 14, 2013

Power in Check

Chess and the American Presidency

October 18, 2012 - April 21, 2013

Screwed Moves

September 13, 2012 - February 10, 2013

Chess Inspires...

August 1, 2012 - October 26, 2012

Marcel Dzama

The End Game

March 9, 2012 - August 12, 2012

U.S. and World Chess Halls of Fame and Highlights from the Permanent Collection

Part II

March 9, 2012 - October 7, 2012

BOBBY FISCHER

Icon Among Icons, Photographs by Harry Benson CBE

March 9, 2012 - October 7, 2012

Anatomy is Destiny

February 15, 2012

Number Twelve: Variations on a Theme

September 13, 2011

Chess Masterpieces

Highlights from the Dr. George and Vivian Dean Collection

September 9, 2011 - February 12, 2012

OUT OF THE BOX

Artists Play Chess

September 9, 2011 - February 12, 2012

U.S. and World Chess Halls of Fame and Highlights from the Permanent Collection

Part I

September 9, 2011 - February 12, 2012

Bobby Fischer Against The World

Saint Louis Premiere

May 26, 2011