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 Oct, 18UpcomingOctober is Silent Movie Month: October 5 – First Friday/Gallery Night Opening
Moving Stills: WSM's month-long Pop-Up Gallery Featuring photographs from the Wharton Studio era. Exhibit continues through October 31st, 2018. Free…
18 Oct, 18UpcomingOctober is Silent Movie Month – October 18: The Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live music by the Invincible Czars.
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live music by the Invincible Czars. With Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin…
20 Oct, 18UpcomingOctober is Silent Movie Month – October 20: launch party for the new Audible recording of Tess of the Storm Country
Wharton Studio Museum happily hosts a launch party for the new Audible recording of Tess of the Storm Country read by actor Holly Adams. Ithaca author Grace…
23 Oct, 18UpcomingOctober is Silent Movie Month – October 23: Specters of Feminist Silent Film Comedy
Specters of Feminist Silent Film Comedy with author Maggie Hennefeld (University of Minnesota) in person. Assistant professor of cultural studies and…
25 Oct, 18UpcomingOctober is Silent Movie Month – October 25: Screening of Saving Brinton
Screening of Saving Brinton directed by Andrew Sherburne and Tommy Haines 2018 > USA In rural Iowa, a beloved history…
30 Oct, 18UpcomingOctober is Silent Movie Month – October 30: House of Usher: a multi-media rock ‘n’ roll opera
House of Usher: a multi-media rock ‘n’ roll opera w/music by Anna Coogan & Tzar at Cornell Cinema A timeless…
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
October is Silent Movie Month!
Read moreA month-long celebration of silent film and Ithaca’s role in early movie making history, October 2018 is shaping up to be WSM’s best Silent
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Aug
WSM and Wharton Studio history were recently featured in the Ithaca Times (8/15/18 issue)
Read moreWSM and Wharton Studio history were recently featured in the Ithaca Times (8/15/18 issue): Ithaca’s Cinematic Past: Ithaca spots that were seen, not heard, in film
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20
Aug
WSM to have home in new Tompkins Center for History & Culture on the Commons in ’19!
Read moreWSM is excited to be a partner in the Tompkins Center for History & Culture, a new exhibit-based history and culture destination in downtown Ithaca.
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Aug
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
Wharton, Inc. Studio History Featured in Southern Tier Welcome Center on I-81
Read moreIthaca’s movie history is featured in the new Southern Tier Welcome Center in Kirkwood on Interstate 81 which officially re-opened in early October 2017 after a large-scale renovation! Over the summer, WSM
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08
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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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