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Thursday – Sunday 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Holiday hours: The museum will be closed for the Christmas holidays, December 25 – January 1.
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General Admission…………….$10.00
Under 12 with an adult………….Free
Active Military and Veterans……Free
IMoDD Members……………….. Free
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design
524 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401
845-383-1333
[Mailing Address: PO Box 1996, Kingston, NY 12402]
[Shipping Address: 80 Westbrook Place, Kingston, NY 12401]
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Picnic
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design’s Sixth Biennial Juried Exhibition
Exhibition dates: September 6, 2025 – January 17, 2026
An exhibition for artists and designers in all media exploring the theme Picnic through the creation of specialized dinnerware and related 2D and 3D work.
Click here for more about Picnic
Dining Grails
This ongoing exhibition includes fabulously designed objects by leading designers for industry as well as masterpieces by contemporary artists in the tabletop genre such as Eva Zeisel, Russel Wright, Roy Lichtenstein, Eddie Dominguez and Pop-up book illustrator Robert Sabuda.
Click here for more about Dining Grails
January 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM Eastern time
At the Table with Rebecca Sive
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom lecture series
Presented by by Adrienne Spinozzi, Linda Sikora, Leslie Ferrin, with moderator Carolyn Herrera-Perez
At the Table with Rebecca Sive brings together voices across the field to honor the life and legacy of Rebecca Sive—collector, feminist activist, and one of the most committed champions of women’s ceramic art in the United States.
LINK for more information about At the Table with Rebecca Sive
New IMoDD Videos
Fiesta dinnerware from the collection of The Fiesta Tableware Company
Presented by Mark Gonzalez
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom lecture series
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM Eastern time
Click for more information and link to video.
Creating Shapes: 40 Years of Design, Modelmaking, and Moldmaking for Dinnerware and More
Presented by Daniel Mehlman
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom lecture series
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 6:30 pm Eastern time
Dorothy Wilson Perkins Lecture at Alfred University presented by IMoDD Director Margaret Carney: Binns @ Alfred: n degrees of separation
September 16, 2025 4:30 p.m., Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center Alfred University Campus, Alfred, New York.
More about Binns @ Alfred: n degrees of separation with link to video
Current Exhibitions:
Dining Grails
This exhibition includes fabulously designed objects by leading designers for industry as well as masterpieces by contemporary artists in the tabletop genre such as Eva Zeisel, Russel Wright, Roy Lichtenstein, Eddie Dominguez and Pop-up book illustrator Robert Sabuda.
Link to: Dining Grails exhibition page
Picnic
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design’s Sixth Biennial Juried Exhibition
Exhibition dates: September 6, 2025 – January 17, 2026 Opening reception: Saturday, September 6, 2025, 1 – 4 p.m. Location: The International Museum of Dinnerware Design, 524 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401
Our special exhibition “PICNIC” features the work of thirty artists in ceramic, glass, metal, plastic, paper, mixed media, watercolor, analog collage, digital photography and digital illustration. The intention of this juried and invitational exhibition is to showcase the best in contemporary design as it relates to the theme Picnic through the creation of specialized dinnerware or 2D and 3D work relating to the topic, as created by artists and designers in all media from the United States. These new creations alongside cherished historic and vintage picnic ware of bygone eras, should satiate one’s appetite for picnic fare.
Link to Picnic on-line Catalogue
à la carte gallery
Our interactive gallery where you can try pulling a tablecloth out from under some dishes! (And share your success by posting a video on Instagram)
Carry Outs
Carry Outs is IMoDDs gift shop featuring books, calendars and some very special dinnerware.
Dorothy Wilson Perkins Lecture at Alfred University presented by IMoDD Director Margaret Carney
September 16, 2025 4:30 p.m., Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center Alfred University Campus, Alfred, New York
Margaret Carney presented a lecture on the legacy of Charles Fergus Binns titled “Binns@Alfred: n degrees of separation.” The lecture is given in support of the exhibition “History: A Legacy in Motion – Alfred Ceramic Art 1900 – 2025” at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum. The exhibition presents the extraordinarily diverse practices of artists who held (or continue to hold) full time teaching positions at the New York State College of Ceramics School of Art and Design since its creation by Binns in 1900.
The Alfred Ceramic Art Museum established the Dorothy Wilson Perkins Ceramic History Lecture Series in 1998, thanks to a generous endowment to the Museum by Dr. Lyle Perkins in memory of his wife, Dr. Dorothy Wilson Perkins. Since then the series has brought in exceptional speakers discussing a wide range of topics relating to ceramic history, culture and contemporary practice.
https://ceramicsmuseum.alfred.edu/perkins-lecture-series/carney/index.html
Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom Lecture Series
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design’s Unforgettable Dinnerware on-line lecture series includes tours of private collections and artist studios, allows one to meet directly with dinnerware designers and contemporary artists, and shares presentations by researchers and authors on major dinnerware manufacturers, including Mid-Century Modern dinnerware. These conversations are presented via Zoom. Our Fall 2025 IMoDD Zoom series began in September 2025 and continues on the second Wednesday of each month through December.
Did you miss any of our Unforgettable Dinnerware lectures? They are available to view on line! Videos of all of our Unforgettable Dinnerware lectures are available as YouTubes through our IMoDD-Videos Page.
Coming in January:
January 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM Eastern time
At the Table with Rebecca Sive
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom lecture series
Presented by by Adrienne Spinozzi, Linda Sikora, Leslie Ferrin, with moderator Carolyn Herrera-Perez
You can register for the free virtual presentation HERE and we will send you a link the day of the event.
At the Table with Rebecca Sive brings together voices across the field to honor the life and legacy of Rebecca Sive—collector, feminist activist, and one of the most committed champions of women’s ceramic art in the United States. Sive’s impact extended far beyond the ceramic community: she was a nationally recognized advocate for women’s rights, a founder of major feminist organizations, and an advisor to civic and political leaders whose work shaped public policy for decades. The panel will explore how this broader career in activism and public leadership informed her approach to collecting, mentoring, and institution-building within the field of ceramics. Among her many close relationships was her decades-long dedication to the work of Linda Sikora, which she documented in the 2018 catalog I want to see Linda Sikora wherever I go, contributing to the placement of three Sikora works as promised gifts to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This story is only one example of Sive’s larger, sustained commitment to recognizing, recording, and institutionalizing women’s contributions to contemporary ceramics. Together, the panelists reflect on the many ways Sive’s vision, generosity, and advocacy continue to shape the field today.
Adrienne Spinozzi is an Associate Curator in the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where she is responsible for the American redware, stoneware, and art pottery collections. Her recent projects include Shapes from Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection (2021), an exhibition of 20th– and 21st– century abstract and nonrepresentational ceramics, and Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina (2022-24), an exhibition on the contributions of the enslaved potters—both known and unknown—in western South Carolina during the 19th century. She is currently working on a reinstallation of American ceramics that will span the late 19th century through today.
Linda Sikora resides near Alfred, New York where she has her studio practice and is a Professor of Ceramic Art at Alfred University. Sikora studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (BFA) and the University of Minnesota–Minneapolis (MFA). Professional activities are national and international. Residencies include: Archie Bray Foundation; Chunkang College of Cultural Industry, Korea; Tainan National College of The Arts, Taiwan; Clay Edge, Australia. Collections include: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Racine Art Museum; Alfred Ceramic Art Museum; LA County Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of the Arts; Everson Museum; Huntington Museum of Art; Fuller Craft Museum; National Museum of Sweden. Sikora is a United States Artist 2020 Fellowship recipient.
Leslie Ferrin is a leading specialist in contemporary ceramic art, recognized for her longstanding commitment to supporting artists and advancing scholarship. A gallerist since 1979, she has championed ceramic artists through exhibitions, publications, and institutional partnerships. She directs Ferrin Contemporary and authored Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object (2000), a landmark study examining the teapot as a site of artistic innovation.
Carolyn E. Herrera-Perez is an independent writer, maker, and curator. Previously, Carolyn served as the inaugural Curator of Glass and Ceramics at the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Contributing Editor of the Chipstone Foundation publication Material Intelligence; and Curatorial Fellow at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Photo: Adam Ryan Morris
New IMoDD Video:
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM Eastern time
Fiesta dinnerware from the collection of The Fiesta Tableware Company
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom lecture series
Presented by Mark Gonzalez
This presentation will focus on the development of Fiesta with respect to shapes and colors. All of the pieces featured are from the factory’s collection. Some unusual and experimental pieces will be shown.
Mark Gonzalez has been collecting and researching dinnerware made in the upper Ohio River Valley for over forty years. He has authored four books and maintains the LaurelHollowPark.net website.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 6:30 pm Eastern time
Creating Shapes: 40 Years of Design, Modelmaking, and Moldmaking for Dinnerware and More
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom lecture series
Presented by Daniel Mehlman
Daniel Mehlman is a freelance designer/craftsman who develops products for the ceramics and glass industry. Plaster is the traditional material for modelmaking and moldmaking in ceramics, and Dan has a lifetime of experience with this versatile medium. His clients have included Dansk, Steuben, Corning, Mottahedeh, Lenox, Wilton Armetale, Nambe, Pewabic, Rookwood, Haeger, and many others, as well as numerous studio ceramists. As a modelmaker, he has worked with many noted designers, including Eva Zeisel, and has also made many models for historic reproduction products. He has presented lectures and workshops in ceramics departments around the country.
In this talk, Dan will show images selected from his diverse body of commercial work in design, models, and molds of dinnerware, vessels, and sculpture. He’ll discuss how product design and production tooling are facilitated by the craft of plaster work.
Dan grew up in New York and has been involved in art and ceramics since an early age. He attended the High School of Music and Art, Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, Ceramics) and California State University, Fullerton (MA, Ceramics). He also has a background in construction, working in his father’s general contracting company in NYC. After graduate school, he taught in the Parsons/New School ceramics program and worked for a master moldmaker, before setting up his own practice. In the ensuing 40+ years , he has played a key role in the design and tooling of hundreds of products. He lives in an 1889 farmhouse near Albany, NY, where he has built a well-equipped 1,500 sq ft. studio, unique in its dedication to work in plaster, clay, and related materials.
Podcast about IMoDD from Kaatscast: the Catskills Podcast
Kaatscast is a biweekly series featuring Catskills culture, history, sustainability, local interviews, literature, and the arts. Shows are hosted by Brett Barry and produced by Silver Hollow Audio, in the heart of the Catskills. Voted “Best Regional Podcast” 3 years in a row.
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design was established in 2012 with the knowledge that dining is a shared experience that can bridge together different communities. We support all those standing up against the historic inequality and institutionalized racism experienced in the Black community. In solidarity, IMoDD, its board, and its staff continue to amplify equity, diversity, and inclusion and call our community to action with us in this commitment to change.
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design was established in 2012 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We are a charitable 501(c)(3) organization that recently moved into its first bricks-and-mortar facility in Kingston, New York after holding pop-up exhibitions for several years. The International Museum of Dinnerware Design has a curated collection of over 9000 objects.
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design celebrates a significant aspect of our daily lives. The permanent collection features international dinnerware from ancient to futuristic times; created from ceramic, glass, plastic, metal, lacquer, fiber, paper, wood and more.
The collection and related special exhibitions reveal a refreshing approach – featuring masterpieces of the tabletop genre created by contemporary artists, as well as notable historic dinnerware by the leading designers for industry, juxtaposed with an uncommon focus on non-functional fine art that references dining and a bit of kitsch thrown in for good measure.
Here’s the only museum in the world devoted exclusively to dinnerware, making new memories for every visitor. The Kingston-based IMoDD brings enough dinnerware to each special exhibition to whet your appetite.
IMoDD, through its collections, exhibitions and educational programming, provides a window on our material culture, norms and attitudes towards food and dining. A delight for collectors, foodies, and visitors worldwide, IMoDD has been described as creating a dream museum one place setting at a time.