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
MAKE A GIFTYOU help support WSM's mission, programming and educational outreach when you make a gift!
WAYS TO SUPPORT
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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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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01
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
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Mar
Wharton Studio Museum and Park Center
Read moreWSM and Friends of Stewart Park, in partnership with the City of Ithaca, are developing the historic Wharton Studio building in Stewart Park into the Wharton Studio Museum and
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Mar
ITHAQA, a new Lovecraftian horror comic book by Ithaca College alum Michael Watson
Read moreWSM is proud to have helped sponsor production of the inaugural issue of ITHAQA, a new Lovecraftian horror comic book by Ithaca College alum Michael