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Slater Memorial Museum
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John Fox Slater Memorial Museum in 1958
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| Location: | 108 Crescent Street |
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| Built: | 1888 |
| Architect: | Stephen C. Earle |
| Architectural style: | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Part of: | Chelsea Parade Historic District |
| Added to NRHP: | May 12, 1989 |
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.[1]:44,48[2][3]
It is a contributing property in the Chelsea Parade Historic District.[1]
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.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.