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The George Eastman Museum opens a new installation in its History of Photography Gallery on October 29

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Rochester, N.Y., October 18, 2016—
The George Eastman Museum will open a new rotation in its History of Photography Gallery on October 29. This installation, curated by Heather Shannon, assistant curator in the Department of Photography, provides an overview of the history of photography through photographs made in Mexico by artists, photojournalists, and archaeologists, as well as unidentified tourists and studio photographers from Europe, the United States, and Mexico. The installation begins with a daguerreotype that dates to 1839, the year the invention of photography was announced, and ends with a triptych from

The George Eastman Museum releases its 2017 Photography Workshop schedule

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Rochester, N.Y., October 13, 2016—
The George Eastman Museum has announced its 2017 schedule of photography workshops, including programs in making ambrotypes, tintypes, wet and dry collodion negatives, 35mm motion picture film, and digital negatives. In addition to the workshops being held at the museum, an excursion workshop in dry plates is also being offered in New York’s Letchworth State Park (named the best state park in a survey by USA Today last year).

World-Renowned George Eastman Museum Collections Now Accessible Online

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Rochester, N.Y., October 19, 2016—
The George Eastman Museum has launched a new platform that allows public online access to more than 250,000 objects from its world-class collections at eastman.org/collections-online. Objects from the museum’s photography, technology, and George Eastman Legacy collections are now searchable, and more objects from the museum’s vast holdings are being added on an ongoing basis. Objects from the moving image collection will become accessible in the coming months.

The Sweet Creations Gingerbread Display returns to the George Eastman Museum on November 4

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Rochester, N.Y., October 27, 2016—
The George Eastman Museum will kick off the holiday season on November 4, when the annual Sweet Creations—the exquisite display of dozens of cleverly designed and deliciously decorated gingerbread houses­—opens to the public. As one of the Greater Rochester community’s most beloved holiday traditions, the display will be on view through December 14.

Holidays at the Museum

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Although some of our traditions may be a little different in 2021, the Eastman Museum is still bringing you many opportunities to celebrate the season with us. Our annual displays will fill the museum with familiar cheer, and some new protocols will help ensure the health and safety of all our guests: Ticketing Nonmembers are required to reserve tickets in advance at eastman.org/tickets. All holiday displays are included with museum admission. Members and others receiving free admission (active-duty military, SNAP/EBT cardholders) do not need to reserve timed tickets. Just show your member

Contemporary artists Elena Dorfman, Jason Lazarus, and Diàna Markosian to speak at the George Eastman Museum this fall

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Rochester, N.Y., November 02, 2016—
The George Eastman Museum will host contemporary artists this fall and winter to speak about their work. Los Angeles–based photographer Elena Dorfman and Armenian-American photographer Diàna Markosian will speak as part of the museum’s Wish You Were Here lecture series, and Chicago-based artist Jason Lazarus will discuss his Too Hard to Keep (T.H.T.K.) project, an installation of which is on view in A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age.