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Saturday, June 28, 2008 --- 61 days ago http://www.norwichbulletin.com/lifestyles/x1713651417/Rediscovering-Norwich-Mont
 You can step into the Renaissance, colonial America or 17th to 19th century Japan when you enter the Slater Memorial Museum, its turreted facade somehow magical. The stately Romanesque edifice is a Norwich landmark, and is part of the Norwich Free Academy campus, which uses the museum in its curriculum. It is a very unique situation, said Museum Educator Maryanne Hall, who estimated only one other high school in America has a museum on campus. In 1886 Norwich was a wealthy town, and Hall said it was believed a fine-arts museum would augment the students’ liberal arts studies. The students, she said, make use of the museum all the time. “It’s multi-faceted for all the disciplines,” she said. Now is the perfect time to discover the museum. School groups are gone, and two floors of art and collections will fascinate visitors. The Slater Museum is well known for its collection of casts from renowned works of antiquity. The selection includes a few Egyptian and Assyrian pieces and outstanding examples of Greek, Roman and Renaissance art. There are also Egyptian, Babylonian, Persian and Greek artifacts on view. And if one wants to learn more about Norwich’s roots, the museum can satisfy that curiosity with three centuries of Norwich’s history on display with a collection that articulates the city’s heritage. One stunning cast is Michelangelo’s Pieta, commissioned in 1498, and is the only work by the artist that bears his complete sign ... |
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