Slater Memorial Museum

Slater Memorial Museum
John Fox Slater Memorial Museum in 1958
Location 108 Crescent Street
Coordinates 41°32′1″N 72°4′55″W / 41.53361°N 72.08194°WCoordinates: 41°32′1″N 72°4′55″W / 41.53361°N 72.08194°W
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.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Devlin and Bruce Clouette (June 25, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Chelsea Parade". National Park Service. and Accompanying 25 photos, undated but seemingly from 1988 (Photo 11 shows Slater Memorial)
  2. ↑ "Slater Memorial Museum".
  3. ↑ "What is this place".

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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