Events

Upcoming IMoDD Events:

Picnic

The International Museum of Dinnerware Design’s Sixth Biennial Juried Exhibition

Opening reception: Saturday, September 6, 2025, 1 – 4 p.m.

Exhibition dates: September 6, 2025 – January 17, 2026
Location: The International Museum of Dinnerware Design, 524 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401

An exhibition for artists and designers in all media exploring the theme Picnic through the creation of specialized dinnerware and related 2D or 3D work.


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 will begin 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.


New IMoDD Video:

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 6;30 p.m. Eastern Time

Mid-Century Beverage Ware: From Kitchen Table to Cocktail Table

part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom lecture series
Presented by Scott Hamblen

Link to Video

A curated stroll through one collector’s inventory. Join Scott Hamblen for the evening as he shares a look into his personal collection of bar and beverage wares.

An Ohio transplant by way of Louisiana and Texas, Scott Hamblen currently works for a local Cincinnati developer. Most collectors of Mid-Century tabletopia know Scott for his passion in the pursuit of vintage bar and beverage wares, and way too much dinnerware.


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Recent Events:

Mixology Event and Pop-Up Exhibition: 

Barware

Mixology Event and Pop-Up Exhibition at the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, 524 Broadway in Kingston

Exhibition Open: May 22 – June 1, 2025
Opening Event: Thursday, May 22 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm

IMoDD’s Barware exhibition includes international barware in the Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern eras (late 1920s-1960s+) from the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Portugal, and France and American made glass, chrome, wood, rattan, and plastic cocktail implements and related barware.

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The International Museum of Dinnerware Design
Members Preview Party

524 Broadway, Kingston, NY
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 4:30 to 7:30 pm.

IMoDD invited museum members and honored guests to a celebration to preview our inaugural exhibitions in advance of the formal opening of the museum on November 2.