Oct. 2nd, 5-7pm - Members Only Gallery Opening

America’s Monsters, Superheroes, and Villains: Our Culture at Play is an exhibition of vintage and origina toys, comic books, games, posters, packaging and media developed by SuperMonster市City! It features items from David Barnhill’s personal collection – estimated to contain over 200,000 items. Explore how monsters, superheroes, and villains impact American culture from the 1960s to the 1990s. You'll get to know how they became iconic characters reflecting America’s changing values and social tensions while immersing yourself in the role these iconic characters play in our culture over the past 8 decades.

Exhibit Themes

• Unintended Consequences: The Atomic Age and America’s Search for Identity
• Truth Justice and The American Way: Unifying a Country’s Identity
• Innocent Monsters: Our Empathy for Outsiders
• With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: The Hero as Martyr
• Myths and Legends: How Star Wars Saved America

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Without the generosity of our members, donors, and volunteers this exhibit would not be possible.

About SuperMonster市City! -- SuperMonster市City! celebrates monsters, superheroes and villains through touring museum exhibitions, books, special events, and more. Co-founded by master collector David Barnhill whose collection of more than 200,000 toys, comic books, posters, and films of the scary, supernatural, and villainous is one of the largest private toy collections in America. Stephen Rueff is co-founder and managing director as the exhibit curator. This exhibition has set new attendance and revenue records at prior venues, and received Museum Exhibition of the Year from the Twin Cities weekly City Pages.