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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24 Aug, 19UpcomingSAVE THE DATE – WSM’S 9th Annual Silent Movie Under the Stars
Save the Date -- Saturday August 24, 2019 at sundown for WSM's 9th Annual Silent Movie Under the Stars at Taughannock Falls state…
14 Sep, 19UpcomingSAVE THE DATE – WSM and Friends of Stewart Park’s 4th Annual Party for the Park
Save the Date -- Saturday, September 14, 2019 WSM and Friends of Stewart Park's 4th Annual Party for the Park in the…
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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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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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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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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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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WSM and Cherry Arts to Receive 2019 Preservation Award!
Read moreOn Thursday, May 16th, WSM and its producing partner The Cherry Arts will receive a Preservation Award from Historic Ithaca at its annual Preservation
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Finger Lakes Film Trail has officially launched — Rochester, Ithaca, and Auburn!
Read moreOn Thursday, April 25th, 2019, WSM went on the road to the George Eastman Museum in Rochester to celebrate the Finger Lakes Film Trail, a
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Silents Roar! Film Festival 2019 was a success! And the winners are…
Read moreCongratulations to all the filmmakers in Silents Roar! Film Festival on April 20th, 2019 at the Roy H. Park Auditorium at Ithaca College! What
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Wharton Studio Book Coming Soon!
Read moreSilent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema, the first book-length study of Ted and Leo Wharton and their extraordinary