Attend a complimentary tour of the newest WCHOF exhibitions, Crown Jewels: Donation Highlights and Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets. After we explore chess, history, art and culture in the galleries, enjoy complimentary refreshments.
Saturday, March 8 – 12:00 pm
Enjoy a complimentary tour of Crown Jewels: Donation Highlights and Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets with Artist Sophie Binder! Sophie will discuss her intricately designed chessboard featured in Paws & Pawns, her experiences as an illustrator, and her “field study” project. Refreshments are provided.
Sophie Binder is a freelance designer native of France. She has worked as a designer in France, Italy, and the United States for over 30 years, including projects worldwide. Sophie’s work has also brought her close to conservation, not-for-profit organizations, and the outdoor industry. She self-published a book about her adventure in 2013, The World, Two Wheels and a Sketchbook, and has done illustrations for four other books for French publisher PRIVAT.
Wednesday, March 5 – 12:00 pm
Attend a complimentary tour of the newest WCHOF exhibitions, Crown Jewels: Donation Highlights and Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets. WCHOF Curator Emily Allred will show highlights of the exhibitions, and the St. Louis Aquarium’s Senior Educator Maxene Van Damme will offer insight into the animals represented in Paws and Pawns. Complimentary refreshments will be provided.
Tuesday, February 11 – 12:00 pm
Attend a complimentary tour led by the curators of the newest WCHOF exhibitions, Crown Jewels: Donation Highlights, and Clash for the Crown: Celebrating Chess Champions. Enjoy refreshments and Q&A as we explore chess through the lens of woodworking, competitive tournaments, art, culture, and history!
Crown Jewels: Donation Highlights showcases 75 stunning chess sets, artworks, memorabilia, and more, gifted from 50 donors to the World Chess Hall of Fame. Benefactors include Chess Collectors International Members Frank Camaratta, Jon Crumiller, Dr. George and Vivian Dean, and the late Bernice and Floyd Sarisohn. See the intricate metalwork on a Hungarian chess set, a bespoke chess set created for the Shah of Iran, and many never-before-exhibited artifacts.
Clash for the Crown: Celebrating Chess Champions explores the histories of the World Chess Championship and Women’s World Chess Championship through a display of artifacts from the collection of the World Chess Hall of Fame, the International Chess Federation (FIDE), and loans from world chess champions and private lenders. This exhibition coincides with the 100th anniversary of FIDE’s founding and includes never-before-exhibited artifacts related to many of the game’s most accomplished players.
Curator Tour Schedule:
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 12:00 pm
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 1:00 pm
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 12:00 pm
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 12:00 pm
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 12:00 pm
Join us for a free, in-depth tour of one of our newest exhibitions, Power in Check: Chess and the American Presidency. Chief Curator Shannon Bailey or Curator Emily Allred will be available during the Facebook Live tour for Q & A.
Power in Check: Chess and the American Presidency showcases a variety of politically-themed chess sets from the World Chess Hall of Fame’s permanent collection. This redux of 2012’s exhibition offers a look at how the “royal game” of chess has fascinated American presidents for over 200 years.
*Visitor tour has a max capacity of 10 guests.
Free admission. Registration required.
11:00 a.m. Visitor Tour* 12:00 p.m. Virtual Tour.
Learn about our health and safety measures at worldchesshof.org.
Enjoy a free, in-person tour of our newest exhibition, Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit, led by a member of our curatorial team. Joining the tour will be contributing Saint Louis artist Dail Chambers, speaking about her artwork influenced by Haring and chess, “In the Shadows of the Queen’s Throne.” Each tour lasts approximately 30 minutes and tickets are extremely limited. Masks and social distancing will be required.
Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit features artwork by Haring, a world-renowned artist known for his art that proliferated in the New York subway system during the early 1980s. The exhibition includes a never-before-seen private collection of Haring’s works and photographs of the artist, bespoke street art chess sets from Purling London and newly-commissioned pieces by Saint Louis artists, all paying homage to the late art icon.
Dail Chambers is a visual artist and creative consultant. Her visual art practice is a multimedia exploration in genealogy, women’s narratives, and social art. Chambers received her BFA with a concentration in ceramics from the Memphis College of Art in 2007 and completed Postgraduate Studies in Women’s Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Timed, In-Person Tours
10:00 a.m.
Enjoy a free, in-person tour of our newest exhibition, Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit, led by a member of our curatorial team. Each tour lasts approximately 30 minutes and tickets are extremely limited. Masks and social distancing will be required.
Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit features artwork by Haring, a world-renowned artist known for his art that proliferated in the New York subway system during the early 1980s. The exhibition includes a never-before-seen private collection of Haring’s works and photographs of the artist, bespoke street art chess sets from Purling London and newly-commissioned pieces by Saint Louis artists, all paying homage to the late art icon.
2 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Timed, In-Person Tours
To view the virtual tour of “Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit,” click here.
Enjoy a free, in-person tour of our newest exhibition, Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit, led by a member of our curatorial team. Each tour lasts approximately 30 minutes and tickets are extremely limited. Masks and social distancing will be required.
Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit features artwork by Haring, a world-renowned artist known for his art that proliferated in the New York subway system during the early 1980s. The exhibition includes a never-before-seen private collection of Haring’s works and photographs of the artist, bespoke street art chess sets from Purling London and newly-commissioned pieces by Saint Louis artists, all paying homage to the late art icon.
2 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Timed, In-Person Tours
To view the virtual tour of “Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit,” click here.
Enjoy a free, in-person tour of our newest exhibition, Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit, led by a member of our curatorial team. Each tour lasts approximately 30 minutes and tickets are extremely limited. Masks and social distancing will be required.
Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit features artwork by Haring, a world-renowned artist known for his art that proliferated in the New York subway system during the early 1980s. The exhibition includes a never-before-seen private collection of Haring’s works and photographs of the artist, bespoke street art chess sets from Purling London and newly-commissioned pieces by Saint Louis artists, all paying homage to the late art icon.
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Timed, In-Person Tours
To view the virtual tour of “Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit,” click here.
Enjoy a free, in-person tour of our newest exhibition, Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit, led by a member of our curatorial team. Each tour lasts approximately 30 minutes and tickets are extremely limited. Masks and social distancing will be required.
Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit features artwork by Haring, a world-renowned artist known for his art that proliferated in the New York subway system during the early 1980s. The exhibition includes a never-before-seen private collection of Haring’s works and photographs of the artist, bespoke street art chess sets from Purling London and newly-commissioned pieces by Saint Louis artists, all paying homage to the late art icon.
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Timed, In-Person Tours
To view the virtual tour of “Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit,” click here.
