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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25 Aug, 18Upcoming8th Annual Silent Movie Under the Stars
Join us Saturday, August 25th, 2018 at Taughannock Falls State Park for WSM’s 8th annual Silent Movie Under the Stars!…
31 Aug, 18UpcomingWSM Headphone Walking-play with The Cherry Arts
Join WSM and our friends at The Cherry Arts for the theater's premiere production of the 2018/19 season! The Missing…
15 Sep, 18UpcomingWSM’s and Friends of Stewart Park’s Party for the Park 2018
It's time for our 3rd Annual Party for the Park! Join Wharton Studio Museum and Friends of Stewart Park for a…
WSM to have home in new Tompkins Center for History & Culture on the Commons in ’19!
IN THE NEWS
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09
Aug
WSM’s 3rd Annual Party for the Park – Sept. 15!
Read moreIt’s time for our 3rd Annual Party for the Park! Join Wharton Studio Museum and Friends of Stewart Park for a fun evening by the lake in Stewart Park,
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09
Aug
WSM Headphone Walking-play with The Cherry Arts – Aug. 31-Sept. 9 – News Update
Read moreJoin WSM and our friends at The Cherry Arts for the theater’s premiere production of the 2018/19 season! The Missing Chapter by Katie Marks & Aoise Stratford
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Jul
WSM’s 8th Annual Silent Movie Under The Stars – Aug. 25
Read moreJoin us Saturday, August 25th, 2018 at Taughannock Falls State Park for WSM’s 8th annual Silent Movie Under the Stars! This year we’re celebrating Ithaca’s
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28
Jun
Spotlight On a Local Student Film!
Read moreWSM is pleased to be in contact with the video production program at New Roots Charter School. As a nonprofit education organization with a provisional
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May
WSM Awarded Tompkins County New Tourism Initiatives Grant!
Read moreOn May 1st, 2018, WSM was awarded a New Tourism Initiatives Grant ($5,000) from Tompkins County Tourism Program to develop a Wharton Studio Era
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May
Silents Roar! Film Festival Spring 2018 Postponed
Read moreThis year’s Silents Roar! Film Festival has been postponed and will come back bigger and better in the spring of 2019. Please stay tuned! A
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Apr
Take an Ithaca Silent Film Tour!
Read moreWSM 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
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Mar
Wharton Studio Building Planning & Design Study to be reviewed by City of Ithaca
Read moreRe-Envisioning the Wharton Studio Building: Transforming an Ithaca Landmark, WSM’s recently completed planning & design study for developing the Wharton Studio building in Stewart Park