Slater Memorial Museum
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The J. F. Slater Memorial Museum, also known as Slater Memorial Museum, is a historic building and an art museum in the Norwich Free Academy
in Norwich, Connecticut
.
It is designed in Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and is said to be the finest work of architect Stephen C. Earle
.
It is a contributing property in the Chelsea Parade Historic District
.
The museum was presented to the Norwich Free Academy
by William A. Slater, son of John Fox Slater
, who had endowed the school.
The museum features a collection of plaster casts of famous Roman
, Greek
, Egyptian
and Renaissance
statues. The museum also exhibits colonial and local historic artifacts, as well as 18th-20th century American paintings and decorative arts, 17th - 19th century European paintings and decorative arts, African and Oceanic sculpture, and Native American objects. The adjacent Converse Art Gallery hosts six changing exhibitions throughout the year.
The museum is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museums
program.
Norwich Free Academy
The Norwich Free Academy founded in 1854 and in operation since 1856, is a high school located in the city of Norwich, Connecticut. The Academy serves as the primary high school for Norwich and the surrounding towns of Canterbury, Bozrah, Voluntown, Sprague, Lisbon, Franklin, Preston andseveral...
in Norwich, Connecticut
Norwich, Connecticut
Regular steamship service between New York and Boston helped Norwich to prosper as a shipping center through the early part of the 20th century. During the Civil War, Norwich once again rallied and saw the growth of its textile, armaments, and specialty item manufacturing...
.
It is designed in Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and is said to be the finest work of architect Stephen C. Earle
Stephen C. Earle
Stephen Carpenter Earle was an architect who designed a number buildings in Massachusetts and Connecticut that were built in the late 19th century, with many in Worcester, Massachusetts. For a time he worked with architect James E. Fuller, under the firm "Earle & Fuller", and later with Clellan W...
.
It is a contributing property in the Chelsea Parade Historic District
Chelsea Parade Historic District
The Chelsea Parade Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The district is located north of downtown Norwich and includes the Chelsea Parade Green and its monuments....
.
The museum was presented to the Norwich Free Academy
Norwich Free Academy
The Norwich Free Academy founded in 1854 and in operation since 1856, is a high school located in the city of Norwich, Connecticut. The Academy serves as the primary high school for Norwich and the surrounding towns of Canterbury, Bozrah, Voluntown, Sprague, Lisbon, Franklin, Preston andseveral...
by William A. Slater, son of John Fox Slater
John Fox Slater
John Fox Slater , United States philanthropist known for assisting in the education of emancipated African American slaves.-Early life and career:...
, who had endowed the school.
The museum features a collection of plaster casts of famous Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
, Greek
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
, Egyptian
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
and Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
statues. The museum also exhibits colonial and local historic artifacts, as well as 18th-20th century American paintings and decorative arts, 17th - 19th century European paintings and decorative arts, African and Oceanic sculpture, and Native American objects. The adjacent Converse Art Gallery hosts six changing exhibitions throughout the year.
The museum is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museums
North American Reciprocal Museums
The North American Reciprocal Museums program is a consortium of museums in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, El Salvador and Mexico which offers benefits to museum membership holders in more than 530 institutions...
program.
See also
- John F. Slater House or Elks Club, also HABS documented, at 352 E. Main Street.
External links
- Slater Memorial Museum at Norwich Free Academy
- John Fox Slater Memorial Museum, at HABS