Last stop on this particular trip for Tyler Arboretum membership reciprocal museums in Lancaster, PA.
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| Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen (est 1944 in response to Eleanor Roosevelt's recommendation to find ways to transfer wartime skills to peacetime work |
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| 68" cherry bench using pitchforks |
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| Polymer clay eggs |
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| Modular origami cupcakes |
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| 100% wool knitted hats, gloves, and scarves |
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| Fraktur calligraphy |
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| Ukelele |
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| Fabric and marbled paper covered box |
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| Cattle Drive (by Bruce Garrabrandt, who has a large collection of pun-ny drawings with many published in books |
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| Bead design necklace |
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| Lancaster Museum of Art (est 1965) moved into the Grubb Mansion (1845-1846) in 1979 |
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| The Lesson (2015) has collage additions to an old photo, and uses piano keys in the frame |
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| It's Time to Wake Up (2020 collage) |
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| Tracking the Orb at Twin Peaks (2014) uses piano parts |
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| Catalytic Conversion of St Sebastian (2010); there are cocktail toothpicks piercing the branches, plus piano and auto parts |
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| Elkhorn (2022, by Aubrey Maurer) |
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| At Ease (2022, by Callie Morton) |
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| Self Portrait (2018, by Thomas Murphy Tymon); the artist graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, but returned to his hometown of Lancaster and had his first art exhibit at the Demuth Museum; the Rising Artist Spotlight Gallery is dedicated to him |
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| John Wise Monument on the art museum grounds honors the pioneer aeronaut who made 462 hot air balloon ascensions from 1835-1879; however, his last trip ended up in Lake Michigan where he lies today |
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| Demuth Tobacco Shop (1770) was open in February on select dates, since the Demuth Museum itself has been enclosed for installation of reinterpreted galleries |
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| This is the oldest tobacco shop in the country, founded by Christopher Demuth, and has its original woodwork and cabinetry |
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| The great great grandson of the founder was Charles Demuth, a painter of watercolors and developer of the Precisionist style; this work is Buildings, Abstraction, Lancaster (1931) |
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| Pipes, pipe tobacco, and cigarettes |
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| More cabinets and shelving |
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| Display of small pipes with cases |
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| Lancaster County Courthouse (1852-1855, by Samuel Sloane, with additions in 1896-1898 and 1926-1927) |
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| Conjuring Giants Mural (2020, by Ada Serrano) |
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| Soldiers and Sailors Monument (1874, by Lewis Haldy in Gothic Revival style) |
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| Statue (2022, by Chad Fisher) of Henry Norwood "Barney" Ewell, who grew up in Lancaster and began running to strengthen his left leg that was effected by polio; at Pennsylvania State University he became the "fastest man in the world" by breaking the record for the 50-yard dash at 5 seconds; Olympic dreams were cancelled in 1940 and 1944, yet Barney qualified for the 1948 Olympics - winning silver in the 100 m and 200 m dashes, and gold in the 4x100 m relay |
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| Silent Symphony (2015, by Lyman Whitaker) with spinning "whirligigs" |
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