Lobby of the museum, as seen from the second floor

The Everson Museum of Art, in Downtown Syracuse, New York, is a major Central New York museum focusing on American art. Syracuse (locally ˈsɛrəkjuːs sometimes ˈsɪrəkjuːs or /ˈsɪərəkjuːs/ by non-natives is a city in Central New York, USA. Central New York is a term used to broadly describe the central region of New York State, roughly including the following counties and cities A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the

History

The museum was founded in 1897 by art historian George Fisk Comfort (who also helped found the Metropolitan Museum of Art); at that time, it was called the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common George Fisk Comfort (September 20 1833 - 1910 was a 19th century American scholar and art exponent and founder of both the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY and Everson The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City, In 1911, it announced that it would seek to collect only American art. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

Over time the museum occupied several different buildings, including the Onondaga Savings Bank and the Syracuse Public Library, but it outgrew each facility.

In 1941, Helen Everson made a gift to the city of Syracuse for the purpose of erecting an art museum. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A groundbreaking took place in 1965, and in 1968 the new Everson Museum of Art opened. Groundbreaking is a traditional Ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of Construction for a Building or other project Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The new building was designed by internationally-acclaimed architect I. M. Pei, and is regarded as a work of art in its own right. Ieoh Ming Pei ( (b April 26, 1917) commonly known by his initials I

Collection

Group of statues displayed outside the museum

The Everson houses roughly 11,000 pieces of art, including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, and video.

Paintings include one of Gilbert Stuart's portraits of George Washington, Edward Hicks's The Peaceable Kingdom, and works by Eastman Johnson, Charles Burchfield, Helen Frankenthaler, and others. Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Stewart) (December 3 1755 &ndash July 9 1828 was an American painter from Rhode Island. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the Edward Hicks ( April 14, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American Folk painter, a distinguished minister of Eastman Johnson ( July 29, 1824 - April 5, 1906) was an American painter and Co-Founder of the Metropolitan Museum Charles Ephraim Burchfield ( April 9, 1893 - January 10, 1967) an American watercolor painter was born in Ashtabula Harbor Helen Frankenthaler (born December 12, 1928) is an American Post-painterly abstraction artist

The Syracuse China Center for the Study of Ceramics is one of the largest ceramics collections in the nation, with pieces ranging from ancient sculpture and Ming dynasty porcelain up to contemporary works. Syracuse China, located in Lyncourt New York (a suburb of Syracuse was founded in 1871 as Onondaga Pottery Company (O The Ming Dynasty ( or Empire of the Great Ming ( was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol -led

The museum established one of the first video art collections in the United States; its video collection is the largest in the world. Video art is a type of Art which relies on Moving pictures and is comprised of Video and/or audio data Nam June Paik exhibited early works at the Everson, including his first United States retrospective in 1974. Nam June Paik ( July 20, 1932 - January 29, 2006) was a South Korean-born American artist Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Bill Viola's first job was as a video technician at the Everson; his works are now in the collection. Bill Viola (born America 1951 is a contemporary video artist.

The museum also has a collection of Arts and Crafts Movement furniture, featuring a number of works of Gustav Stickley. The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British, Canadian, and American Aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the Gustav Stickley ( March 9, 1858 – April 21, 1942) was a furniture maker and Architect as well as the leading spokesperson for the

Location and opening hours

The museum is located in the southeast corner of Downtown Syracuse, at 401 Harrison Street, near the Oncenter complex. Oncenter is a three-building convention and entertainment complex in Downtown Syracuse, New York, USA. It is directly accessible from Interstate 81 Exit 18 (Adams Street / Harrison Street). Interstate 81 (abbreviated I-81) is an Interstate highway in the eastern part of the United States.

Currently the museum is open the following hours:

• Tuesday - Friday & Sunday: Noon - 5:00pm
• Saturday: 10:00am - 5:00pm
• It is closed on Mondays

The café of the museum is open daily from noon to 2:30pm (except Mondays).

External links

• www.everson.org