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Please note: The exhibition Erica Baum: the bite in the ribbon—a paper show is closed today due to technical issues in the gallery. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to reopen it as soon as possible.

George Eastman Museum reveals film titles screening this weekend at the 5th Nitrate Picture Show

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Rochester, N.Y., May 03, 2019—
The George Eastman Museum has released the official program for this weekend’s 5th Nitrate Picture Show, the world’s first festival of film conservation. Following a day of workshops, behind-the-scenes tours, and talks in the Dryden, the 5th Nitrate Picture Show will begin its official film program at 4:30 p.m. today with a series of eight shorts, followed by L’âge d’or ( Age of Gold, Luis Buñuel, France 1930) at 8 p.m., and conclude the day with The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (Preston Sturges, US 1949), starring Betty Grable, at 10 p.m. The festival continues through the weekend with

George Eastman Museum honors Julia Roberts with the George Eastman Award before SOLD-OUT crowd tonight

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Rochester, N.Y., May 16, 2019—
The George Eastman Museum honored Julia Roberts with the George Eastman Award earlier this evening in front of a sold-out crowd. The Eastman Award is the museum’s highest honor in motion pictures and recognizes Robert’s distinguished contribution to the art of film. The award ceremony was held in the Dryden Theatre, where 500 people were in attendance to view a video compilation of her work, followed by her gracious acceptance speech and an on-stage conversation with Roberts and the museum’s Curator of Film Programming, Jared Case. Earlier today, Roberts toured the Eastman Museum, including

“Eastman Entertains: At The Movies” Tabletop Displays return to the George Eastman Museum May 7–26

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Rochester, N.Y., May 16, 2019—
The George Eastman Museum has announced that its popular Eastman Entertains: At the Movies, will be on view from Tuesday, May 7, through Sunday, May 26. For three weeks only, a spectacular array of creatively styled table settings and floral arrangements inspired by popular motion pictures—including Clue, Hocus Pocus, Mamma Mia, and The Sting—will be displayed throughout the mansion of entrepreneur and philanthropist George Eastman. Now in its fourth year, Eastman Entertains pays homage to George Eastman’s own entertaining of friends, family, and business colleagues at his grand East Avenue

The George Eastman Museum presents its Garden Vibes Concert Series in June

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Rochester, N.Y., May 16, 2019—
The Garden Vibes summer concert series will return to the George Eastman Museum this summer with a condensed schedule in June. A major construction project will begin on the museum’s historic Colonnade in July, limiting access to the Terrace Garden and East Vista. The museum will host the outdoor concerts on June 12 and June 19, prior to commencement of construction. In an effort to preserve the gardens at the National Historic Landmark estate, the museum will host the concert series on the Vista, located on the east side of the mansion next to the Terrace Garden. Concertgoers may bring a

Last Whispers

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Last Whispers is an elegy about the mass extinction of languages. Its author, acclaimed visual artist and photographer Lena Herzog, has collected samples of extinct and endangered idioms.

The George Eastman Museum to host a Community Forum on Monday, June 10 at 6 p.m.

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Rochester, N.Y., June 05, 2019—
The George Eastman Museum is hosting a community forum on Monday, June 10, at 6 p.m., to share information about its historic mansion and garden restoration program. The museum invites the public to attend and learn more about the status of the project and its next phase as well as ask questions and provide input for the projects moving forward.

Community Forum

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The George Eastman Museum is hosting a community forum on Monday, June 10, at 6 p.m., to share information about its historic mansion and garden restoration program. The museum invites the public to attend and learn more about the status of the project and its next phase as well as ask questions and provide input for the projects moving forward.

For more information, please refer to the press release. 

Tanya Marcuse: Woven now on view at the George Eastman Museum

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Rochester, N.Y., June 07, 2019—
The George Eastman Museum announces Tanya Marcuse: Woven is now on view through January 5, 2020. The artist, Tanya Marcuse, will be in Rochester tonight for a conversation with Lisa Hostetler, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photography, at 6 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre. Following the conversation, the exhibition gallery will be open to view, and Marcuse will be signing copies of her book, Fruitless / Fallen / Woven (Radius, 2019). The exhibition features Marcuse’s latest series of photographs, Woven, which expands on the artist’s long fascination with cycles of growth and decay in the
Individuals in the Woven exhibition looking at the photographs

ESL Acquires Naming Rights to Pavilion in New Visitor Center at George Eastman Museum

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Rochester, N.Y., June 11, 2019—
ESL Federal Credit Union has acquired the naming rights to the new main entrance building—the ESL Federal Credit Union Pavilion—at the George Eastman Museum’s new visitor center. The new entrance will be more convenient, visible, welcoming, and accessible for guests. The visitor center will also include a new café and museum shop. Construction is expected to begin in January 2020 and be completed in July 2020.
Rendering of the new visitor center