RML in the News

Another Sendak Exhibit Finds a Home at the Rosenbach

Publication: 
The Philadelphia Tribune
Publication Date: 
Sun, 01/29/2012
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One of the most famous creators of contemporary children’s books, Maurice Sendak has challenged the norms of children’s literature over time and continues to entrance both children and adults to this day. The “Where the Wild Things Are” author and illustrator chose the Rosenbach Museum and Library to be the repository for his work in the early 1970s… (Click here to read the entire article at Phillytrib.com)

Moving Sendak's Wall

Publication: 
The New York Times
Publication Date: 
Fri, 02/04/2011
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CORRECTION: Public viewing hours are Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. until conservation work is finished. Sessions may be called off in the rare event that materials hazardous to our visitors’ health are being used in the conservation process, so please check back here or call us at 215-732-1600 to confirm that this week’s session is stillon.

For up to date information on public viewing hours, please click here.

A Parade, Restored: A Maurice Sendak Mural Goes from Bedroom to Gallery

Publication: 
NPR: All Things Considered
Publication Date: 
Tue, 02/01/2011
NPR All Things Considered 2-1-11

Rosenbach Museum obtains whimsical Sendak mural

Publication: 
Philadelphia Inquirer
Publication Date: 
Sun, 01/30/2011
Inquirer article about Mural 1-30-11

A charming apology from Lewis Carroll

Publication: 
Letters of Note
Publication Date: 
Tue, 03/09/2010
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/03/charming-apology-from-lewis-carroll.html

As Tim Burton’s take on the story consumes moviegoers across the world, it seems a good opportunity to read a letter or two from the original creator of Alice in Wonderland: Charles Dodgson. Both letters were written by Dodgson - better-known by most under his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll - to a young friend called Isabel Seymour in May of 1869, just four years after the release of the first Alice novel, and concern a railway ticket he had forgotten to pass on to the child.

As Tim Burton's take on the story consumes moviegoers across the world, it seems a good opportunity to read a letter or two from the original creator of Alice in Wonderland: Charles Dodgson. The letters were kindly supplied by The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia; home to one of the finest Lewis Carroll collections in the world where hundreds of related letters, photographs, books - even original drawings by Sir John Tenniel - can be enjoyed. A visit to their website will reveal more.

Don’t be late! ‘Mad Tea Party’ at Rosenbach

Publication: 
The Times Herald
Publication Date: 
Fri, 02/26/2010
http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2010/02/26/life/doc4b86a8603cc99767737822.txt

The Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, “A Mad Tea Party,” 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 3.

The event celebrates author Lewis Carroll, his Alice books and Walt Disney Pictures March 5 release of “Alice in Wonderland,” the movie, in conjunction with the exhibition “Moore Adventures in Wonderland.”

“A Mad Tea Party” invites museum-goers to celebrate Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, examine a first edition copy of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” up-close, sample teas from local tea companies Cha Cha Tea and NecessiTea (among others), learn how to brew the perfect cup, and view several tea sets from the Rosenbach’s collection.

Marianne Moore and Alice In Wonderland-Inspired Installation at the Rosenbach Museum & Library

Publication: 
Art Daily
Publication Date: 
Fri, 02/26/2010
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=35999

The Rosenbach Museum & Library’s new exhibition Moore Adventures in Wonderland, currently on view through June 6, 2010, is a Marianne Moore and Alice in Wonderland-inspired installation, created by Rosenbach Artist-in-Residence, Sue Johnson. The exhibition investigates the Rosenbach’s collection of the work of author Lewis Carroll and Modernist American poet and writer Marianne Moore and uncovers the unexpected connections between the two.

The Rosenbach Museum & Library's new exhibition Moore Adventures in Wonderland, currently on view through June 6, 2010, is a Marianne Moore and Alice in Wonderland-inspired installation, created by Rosenbach Artist-in-Residence, Sue Johnson. The exhibition investigates the Rosenbach’s collection of the work of author Lewis Carroll and Modernist American poet and writer Marianne Moore and uncovers the unexpected connections between the two.

Philagrafika 2010: Enrique Chagoya Creates a Real Head Ache at The Rosenbach Museum & Library

Publication: 
PRINTERESTING
Publication Date: 
Fri, 02/12/2010
http://www.printeresting.org/2010/02/12/philagrafika-2010-enrique-chagoya-creates-a-real-head-ache-at-the-rosenbach-museum-library/

The historical Rosenbach Museum & Library is participating in Philagrafika 2010 as an Out of Print site utilizing their historic collection in collaboration with a contemporary artist. In this case, they have invited the artist and provocateur Enrique Chagoya to create a work inspired by their collection.

The Rosenbach Museum & Library invites the public to view and explore The Head Ache, an original work by 19th century populist artist George Cruikshank, and the print reinterpretation of the same name created by controversial 21st century artist Enrique Chagoya. ..Over three days of discourse and hands-on creative expression, the Rosenbach will offer a series of lectures and programs exploring Cruikshank and Chagoya’s work and the ways in which the two printmakers employ satire to address important social issues, from Thursday, February 18 – Saturday, February 20.

Rare Books Don’t Always Live in Glass Cases

Publication: 
New York Times
Publication Date: 
Sun, 11/01/2009
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/travel/01culture.html

STANDING among the 10,000 rare books in the stacks of the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Bruce Bradley, the director of the history of science special collections, pulls out a copy of “The Starry Messen

The Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia, home to the books once owned by the Rosenbach brothers, well-known book dealers of the last century, has begun a series of hands-on tours, in which visitors can accompany a member of the staff and handle objects from the collection and learn their history.

A bloodier Dracula rises again

Publication: 
CNN
Publication Date: 
Sat, 10/31/2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/10/31/dracula.sequel/

(CNN) — Move over, Edward Cullen.

Tell those bayou bloodsuckers from “True Blood” to step aside, too.

More than 112 years after he first climbed out of the coffin, the world’s most famous vampire is back — and he’s bloodier than ever.

“Dracula the Un-Dead,” released this month in the United States, is a sequel to Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic written by Dacre Stoker, the original author’s great-grandnephew.

"We knew of the legacy of Bram Stoker, but as kids growing up in Montreal, it wasn't that big a deal," he said. "Every now and then at Halloween you'd get joked: 'Is it safe to come to the Stoker house? Are we going to get candy or bitten in the neck?' " -Dacre Stoker
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