Exhibit Opening - The Travels of Mrs. Jack
From Oxcarts to Gondolas: The travel albums of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Curated by Siri Woodget
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
Sunday, June 14thm 2-3pm slt
HG Wells Memorial Library, Caledon Wellsian
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/225/236/23
Join us for an opening fête, with music by Radio Riel!
The Gardner Museum was the life’s work of Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924). This work is reflected in the archives of the museum. The archival records illuminate the life of a wealthy American art collector and her associates who were art dealers, artists, musicians, politicians, actors and writers. Of particular interest is the collection of 28 travel albums.
Isabella and her husband Jack traveled through Asia, the Middle East and Europe which fostered an appreciation for different cultures. In 1867, the Gardners traveled to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna and Paris, and crossed Norway to see the midnight sun. During 1882 and 1883, they traveled around the world, visiting Japan, China, Vietnam, Cambodia (where they rode on an oxcart through the jungles to see the ruins of Angkor Wat), Indonesia, India, Egypt and Palestine. Isabella carefully recorded each experience. Her trips brought her into contact with exotic cultures and, most importantly, with the past. Through the travel albums we see the link between these early travels and the later construction and installation of her museum.
Travel with Isabella on a series of journeys hosted by the HG Wells Memorial Library, from now until January 2010. Our first stop will be Egypt, 1875...
The Caledon Library would like to express its gratitude to the Gardner Museum for permission to display these materials
The event will be followed by a Thematic The Dansant at the Bashful Peacock, in Caledon Wellsian, 3-5pm slt
Curated by Siri Woodget
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
Sunday, June 14thm 2-3pm slt
HG Wells Memorial Library, Caledon Wellsian
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Join us for an opening fête, with music by Radio Riel!
"Years ago I decided that the greatest need in our Country was Art… We were a very young country and had very few opportunities of seeing beautiful things, works of art… So, I determined to make it my life's work if I could."
- Isabella Stewart Gardner, on the creation of her Museum, 1917
The Gardner Museum was the life’s work of Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924). This work is reflected in the archives of the museum. The archival records illuminate the life of a wealthy American art collector and her associates who were art dealers, artists, musicians, politicians, actors and writers. Of particular interest is the collection of 28 travel albums.
Isabella and her husband Jack traveled through Asia, the Middle East and Europe which fostered an appreciation for different cultures. In 1867, the Gardners traveled to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna and Paris, and crossed Norway to see the midnight sun. During 1882 and 1883, they traveled around the world, visiting Japan, China, Vietnam, Cambodia (where they rode on an oxcart through the jungles to see the ruins of Angkor Wat), Indonesia, India, Egypt and Palestine. Isabella carefully recorded each experience. Her trips brought her into contact with exotic cultures and, most importantly, with the past. Through the travel albums we see the link between these early travels and the later construction and installation of her museum.
Travel with Isabella on a series of journeys hosted by the HG Wells Memorial Library, from now until January 2010. Our first stop will be Egypt, 1875...
The Caledon Library would like to express its gratitude to the Gardner Museum for permission to display these materials
The event will be followed by a Thematic The Dansant at the Bashful Peacock, in Caledon Wellsian, 3-5pm slt
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