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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23 Oct, 19UpcomingOctober is Silent Movie Month – October 23: Screening of Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blaché
Screening of Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blaché A critically-acclaimed documentary about the pioneering late 19th/early 20th century film director…
29 Oct, 19UpcomingOctober is Silent Movie Month – October 29: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Silent Film Classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) with live music by Dennis James Presented by Cornell Cinema and…
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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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
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12
Jun
Finger Lakes Film Trail Hosts 2nd Event Since April 2019 Launch
Read moreOn Sunday, May 19th, 2019, the Finger Lakes Film Trail (FLFT) held its second event — a screening of Oscar Micheaux’s 1920 film Within Our
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12
Jun
New WSM Exhibit Installed at Gimme! Coffee in Ithaca
Read moreWharton Studio Museum’s new exhibit is up at Gimme! Coffee on W. State St. Romance, Exploits & Peril is a three-dimensional photo gallery featuring a
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Jun
WSM Featured in Lansing Star Article
Read moreCheck out this Lansing Star article (6/7/19) on WSM and its exciting plans to develop the historic Wharton Studio building in Stewart Park. https://www.lansingstar.com/around-town/16209-silent-pictures-ithaca-s-next-museum
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May
WSM and Cherry Arts to Receive 2019 Preservation Award!
Read more[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”7″ display=”basic_imagebrowser” display_view=”default-view.php”] On Thursday, May 16th, WSM and its producing partner The Cherry Arts will receive a Preservation Award from Historic