Rosenbach
Museum & Library Receives State Historical Marker
Dedication Ceremony, April 2nd at 11 a.m.
WHEN: Wednesday,
April 2nd at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Rosenbach
Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia
INFO: For
more information, call (215) 732-1600 or visit www.rosenbach.org.
WHAT: On
April 2nd at 11:00 a.m., the Rosenbach Museum & Library will
be honored with an official State Historical Marker by the Pennsylvania
Historical & Museum Commission in recognition of the lasting
contributions of museum co-founder, Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach. The commission
will commemorate Dr. Rosenbach’s legacy as one of America’s
greatest rare book dealers and his lasting contributions to Philadelphia
and beyond with a marker in front of the museum, located at 2008-2010
Delancey Place in Philadelphia’s historic Rittenhouse Square
neighborhood. The Rosenbach invites the community to join the museum’s
Board of Trustees, members of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum
Commission, and state and local officials at the official dedication
ceremony on April 2nd.
WHO: Members
of the Philadelphia cultural community to be in attendance include
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Chairman Wayne
Spilove and Commissioner Janet S. Klein. Joan W. Keiser, grand-niece
of the Rosenbach Museum & Library founders and member of the
Board, will also be in attendance to speak about the contributions
of her family. Additional guests include city officials, members
of the historical preservation community and representatives from
numerous rare book and manuscript libraries in the area.
ABOUT DR. ROSENBACH:
The legacy of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876 – 1952) is the Rosenbach
Museum & Library. A remarkable historical figure and lifelong
Philadelphian, Dr. Rosenbach lived on Delancey Place, the small,
residential street where the museum is located, from 1926 to 1952.
He was a collector and scholar who parlayed his passion for books
and manuscripts into a successful business, becoming the most famous
dealer in rare books and manuscripts in the first half of the 20th
century who helped to build some of this country's most important
private collections, always urging their transformation into public
libraries. Harvard University's Widener Library, the Folger Shakespeare
Library and the Huntington Library are only three of the many collections
in which he played a major role.
Dr. Rosenbach also kept many treasures for his own collection,
such as James Joyce's manuscript of Ulysses and the earliest known
letter by George Washington. Together with his brother and business
partner, Philip, he established the Rosenbach Museum & Library
by testamentary gift in 1954 to share these and other treasures
with the public. The museum, which includes his original libraries
and residential areas, provides an intimate setting for visitors
to explore the brothers' collections of rare books, manuscripts,
furniture, silver, paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture.
ABOUT THE ROSENBACH:
The Rosenbach Museum & Library seeks to inspire curiosity,
inquiry, and creativity by engaging broad audiences in exhibitions,
programs, and research based on its remarkable and expanding collections.
With an outstanding collection of rare books, manuscripts, furniture,
and art, the Rosenbach is a museum and world-renowned research
library, set within two historic 1865 townhouses, that reflects
an age when great collectors lived among their treasures. The Rosenbach
Museum & Library is open Tuesday through Sunday. Admission
is $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, and free for children
under 5. For more information, call (215) 732-1600 or visit www.rosenbach.org.
ABOUT THE PHMC:
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) is the
official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Created
in 1945, they are responsible for the collection, conservation,
and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage, which they
accomplish through the Pennsylvania State Archives, the State Museum
of Pennsylvania, the Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums, the
Pennsylvania Trails of History, the Bureau for Historic Preservation,
and the Bureau of Management Services. The PHMC enriches people's
lives by helping them to understand Pennsylvania's past, to appreciate
the present, and to embrace the future. For more information, call
(717) 787-3362 or visit www.phmc.state.pa.us.
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