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 SUPPORTUPCOMING EVENTS AND EXHIBITS
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18 Apr, 20UpcomingITHAQA “Make Your Own Comic”
POSTPONED - STAY TUNED FOR RESCHEDULING Join ITHAQA Comic creator and writer Michael Watson for a "Make Your Own Comic:…
18 Apr, 20UpcomingWharton Studio Museum’s 3rd Silents Roar! Film Festival Moving Online for 2020!
While the Screening & Awards Ceremony for Silents Roar! Film Festival -- the 3rd year of this fest -- was…
01 May, 20UpcomingWSM Plans New Exhibit with Cornell Fashion and Textile Collection
WSM is thrilled to be, once again, collaborating with Cornell Fashion and Textile Collection, this time on a new installation…
09 May, 20UpcomingBook Launch for Silent Serial Sensations — Saturday, May 9th, 5:00-6:30 pm at Buffalo Street Books
POSTPONED - STAYED TUNED FOR RESCHEDULING Wharton Studio Museum enthusiastically invites you to the book launch party for Silent Serial Sensations: The…
04 Jun, 20UpcomingPresentation & Book Signing for Silent Serial Sensations
Join WSM and Barbara Lupack for a presentation and signing of her new book Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and…
29 Aug, 20UpcomingSilent Movie Under the Stars 10th Anniversary! SAVE THE DATE!
Save the Date! Saturday, August 29, 2020 Silent Movie Under the Stars 10th Anniversary! Featuring THE FRESHMAN (1925) starring Harold Lloyd…
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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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
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Feb
State Parks Take Star Turn for Oscars Week
Read moreWSM is excited to be included in this wonderful post by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, our partners in
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Sep
WSM Exhibit Moves to Tompkins Center for History & Culture!
Read moreWharton Studio Museum’s popular exhibit Romance, Exploits & Peril — which was installed at Gimme! Coffee on W. State Street all summer-long — is moving to the
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Sep
October is Silent Movie Month in Ithaca and 2019 marks its 8th year!
Read moreJoin us all month-long, as Wharton Studio Museum, in collaboration with Cinemapolis, The Cherry Arts, Cornell Cinema, Historic Ithaca and other wonderful entities, celebrates silent
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Aug
WSM Presents The General for Silent Movie Under the Stars 2019 — Saturday, August 24th — 9th Annual!
Read moreIt’s official! WSM will be showing The General (1926) starring the inimitable Buster Keaton at Silent Movie Under the Stars on Saturday, August 24,
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Jul
WSM launches new exhibit on Ithaca’s movie history
Read moreHave you had a chance to see this yet? In early May 2019, WSM installed its first permanent exhibit! Ithaca’s motion picture history is highlighted