Dear Friends, I hope you are all well this week. As many of us work at home during this time of quarantine, we adjust for better or worse to alternative behaviors and settings than those we have at our workplaces. I will share that I am writing to you from an otherwise lovely space, the …
Andrew White is The Rosenbach’s volunteer coordinator. He recruits, trains, and manages our team of 40 guides who give our hourly tours. After graduating from Rutgers University with a degree in English and medieval studies, he worked for some time in the natural sciences. While at The Philadelphia Zoo, Andrew led their late-night programming, teaching …
The Rosenbach has unveiled a new Gallery Gateway online exhibitions portal that will make content from exhibitions mounted onsite at the museum available to all via the Internet. The first Gallery Gateway to debut online presents The Rosenbach’s current exhibition, American Voyager: Herman Melville at 200. A second Gallery Gateway, which has recently made its …
The Rosenbach is the home of Bram Stoker’s Notes for Dracula, over 100 pages of outlines, early plot ideas, and research notes, compiled by the author over the seven years he developed and wrote the book. Content of these Notes will be featured in our conversations every week. These Notes provide an extraordinary look at …
Hello again, friends. Judy Guston here with more info about The Rosenbach’s great Ulysses collections. I would be terribly remiss if I didn’t direct your attention to our handy Joyce Collections Guide, which you can find on our website here. Once our research library is open again, I hope you’ll feel welcome to make an appointment …
This blog post was written by Andrew White What would you say to a look at some tender and romantic love letters from Marlene Dietrich, the 20th century German American actress and singer whose life and art continue to inspire? It’s the 7th week of social distancing—counting from the Ides of March when the Rosenbach …
Meet Emilie Parker! She is the director of education at The Rosenbach. Her path to museum education started early. “I fell in love with art history right after the first course I ever took.” With some guidance from a family friend who worked in the museum world she focused on museum education. “He helped me …
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 …
Christina Doe is The Rosenbach’s multifaceted, multitalented facilities manager. Her path to The Rosenbach is varied and fascinating. After graduating from Moore College of Art and Design with a degree in 2D art, specializing in drawing and printmaking, she worked in a Philadelphia art supply store. Here, she not only created the window displays but …
This blog post was written by Andrew White Because we don’t know when Shakespeare was born, only that he was christened on April 26, 1564, we agree to assume he was born a few days before that on April 23rd. We have a better idea of what Shakespeare looked like. Both the engraving in the First …