Meet Jobi Zink and her dog Bourbon! Jobi has been the registrar at The Rosenbach since 2014. What is a registrar you ask? “Well,” says Jobi, “much like a university registrar keeps all the files on all the students a museum registrar keeps all the files on all the museum’s objects.” Jobi studied art history …
This blog post was written by Andrew White Alexandre Dumas’s father was one of Napoleon’s generals, nicknamed “Hercules” by the emperor, and “Black Devil” by France’s enemies; Dumas’s surname came from a paternal grandmother, Marie-Cessette Dumas, an Afro-Caribbean woman held in slavery on what is now Haiti. In his career as a writer, the colossally …
The Rosenbach was delighted to have writer/actor/director Mark Gatiss visit in June to shoot scenes for his In Search of Dracula documentary, which was just released on the BBC. Along with Stephen Moffat, Gatiss created a new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula which aired on the BBC over the first three days of the new …
If you’ve ever been to Bloomsday at The Rosenbach, you know how exciting (and slightly surreal) it can be to hear a book read aloud over many, many hours. Bloomsday 2020 is still months away but for those craving the opportunity to test their literary endurance, we have just the thing! We are teaming up …
Another Summer of Wonder is here and The Rosenbach is again excited to offer free admission for families to the museum! Once you step through our stately front doors, you’ll find a house filled with weird, wacky, and wonderful things that will delight and enchant the entire family. Pick up a copy of the Journey Around the World activity …
Hi there, Joyceans! This is Judy Guston, Curator and Director of Collections at the Rosenbach starting a new addition to Ulysses Every Day! This Bloomsday will be my 22nd at the Rosenbach! This year, from now through our virtual Bloomsday, my Collections teammates and I will be sharing with you some illustrated stories about the …