Window on the West featured highlights from the collection of Arthur J. Phelan and gave an intriguing glimpse of the American West through sixty objects, including paintings large and small, as well as gem-like works on paper in a variety of styles. Artists included Frederic Remington, Samuel Colman, Alfred Jacob Miller, Karl Bodmer, and John Frederick Kensett, and emphasized the views of lesser-known artists recording what they observed in the newly settled West. The exhibition was circulated by Exhibits Development Group of St. Paul, Minnesota.