ABOUT USWharton Studio Museum is preserving and celebrating Ithaca's role in early American filmmaking, and developing the historic Wharton Studio building in Stewart Park into a park center with exhibits and installations about film history and the history of the park.
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING
EVENTS AND EXHIBITSWharton Studio Museum produces four annual events -- Silent Movie Under the Stars (August); Silent Movie Month (October); Silents Roar! Film Festival (spring); and Party for the Park (September, in collaboration with Friends of Stewart Park) -- in addition to other screenings, presentations and exhibits throughout the year. View our Calendar of Events and Exhibits for full details.
EVENTS AND EXHIBITS
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WAYS TO SUPPORT-
06 Aug, 20UpcomingWALK THIS PLAY
You’re Invited to WALK THIS PLAY beginning Friday, July 10, 2020! WSM and The Cherry Arts, in collaboration with The History Center in Tompkins County, proudly present WALK THIS PLAY, a download hub where two unique local walking headphone plays – "The Missing Chapter" and "Storm Country" — can be accessed for the first time without advance tickets — just a $5.00 minimum donation — and whenever audience members desire. Both projects can be downloaded at https://www.thecherry.org/walk-this-play/……
29 Aug, 20UpcomingSilent Movie Under the Stars 10th Anniversary — A Livestream Event on Saturday, August 29th, 2020
Featuring THE FRESHMAN (1925) starring the inimitable Harold Lloyd In this year of the pandemic, and with concern for everyone's safety and well-being, WSM is thrilled to bring you Silent Movie Under the Stars as a livestream produced by The State Theatre of Ithaca. With live music by Cloud Chamber Orchestra. As always the event begins at sundown and is free. Join the Livestream on Saturday, August 29, 2020 via Facebook, YouTube, and whartonstudiomuseum.org. Presenting Sponsor for Silent Movie Under the Stars is M&T Bank. More…
WSM has created a Wharton Studio Silent Film Tour. This self-guided tour takes you to a number of Ithaca’s silent movie history locations, beginning with the historic Wharton Studio building in Stewart Park and on to Cornell University’s campus and then on to Upper Treman! It’s fun and informative! WSM thanks Randi Kepecs for her help in producing the tour.
IN THE NEWS
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10
Jul
WALK THIS PLAY
Read moreYou’re Invited to WALK THIS PLAY beginning Friday, July 10, 2020! WSM and The Cherry Arts, in collaboration with The History Center in Tompkins County, proudly present WALK
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Silent Movie Under the Stars — 10th Anniversary — A Livestream Event on Saturday, August 29th, 2020 at 8pm
Read moreFeaturing THE FRESHMAN (1925) starring the inimitable Harold Lloyd In this year of the pandemic, and with concern for everyone’s safety and well-being, WSM
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Jul
NYS Archives Magazine Story
Read moreKudos to WSM’s wonderful colleague, author and historian Barbara Lupack, on her forthcoming cover story about the Wharton Studio in the summer issue of the
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10
Jul
Original Wharton Studio Desk Finds a Home with WSM!
Read moreWSM is thrilled to announce it has been loaned a beautiful wooden desk that once was a fixture in the Wharton Studio. Thanks to the
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09
Jul
Silents Roar! Film Festival
Read moreSilents Roar! Film Festival for youth in the Southern Tier took place via livestream on June 18th, 2020 and WSM would like to congratulate
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12
Jun
Ithaca Journal Review of Silent Serial Sensations
Read moreHere is a recent review of Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema. Author Barbara Lupack did some of her research
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Jun
Silents Roar! Film Festival goes Virtual in 2020!
Read moreWSM’s 3rd Silents Roar! Film Festival for youth in the Southern Tier takes place Thursday, June 18th, 2020, 7:00-8:00 pm, as a Facebook Live streaming event and
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Apr
Publication of Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema by Barbara Tepa Lupack
Read moreWSM is thrilled to announce the April 15, 2020 publication of Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema by Barbara