From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (annparry.com)
November 29, 2023
Our Gilded Age – Nassau County Museum of Art
Exhibit on view through March 10, 2024
Map – One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, NY
America’s Gilded Age of the late 1800s: a tale for today
For his special birthday during Thanksgiving weekend, Bob chose to visit Nassau County Museum of Art’s new exhibit ‘Our Gilded Age.’ which runs through March 10, 2024.
Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. BOB STUHMER, illustrator and birthday boy, stands near entrance to the Georgian-style mansion, formerly Clayton mansion, at the Nassau County Museum of Art.
As I showed my member card in the lobby, the staffer told us tours recently began and pointed to the room where we could join one. What lucky timing!
Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. Docent faces the portrait ‘Alice Dieudonnée Chase Sullivan,’ circa 1912, an oil on canvas by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), during tour of Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)
The Nassau County Museum of Art is located on the former Frick ‘Clayton’ estate in the heart of Long Island’s Gold Coast, making ‘Our Gilded Age’ exhibit a natural.
Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. Visitors listen to ‘Our Gilded Age’ tour docent at Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)
During the tour, our engaging docent JOAN QUATRANO explained the history of the Clayton estate.
In 1913 Henry Clay Frick, co-founder of U.S. Steel, was going to give his son Childs and new daughter-in-law Frances Dixon an expensive bauble as a marriage present. When Francis said she’d prefer a mansion, Frick gave them the Clayton estate.
Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. Docent JOAN QUATRANO gives tour of Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)
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Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. Visitor listens to ‘Our Gilded Age’ tour docent at Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)
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Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. Docent JOAN QUATRANO gives tour of Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)
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Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. Tour climbs curved wood stairway to second floor of ‘Our Gilded Age’ exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)
upstairs downstairs
“The Gilded Age robber barons – the Goulds, the Vanderbilts, the Morgans and Rockefellers – did quite well under laissez-faire. Most of the rest of Americans were still stuck in the ditch, with little to no economic security….” – Ben Fountain (b. 1958) Chapel Hill, NC
Roslyn Harbor, New York, U.S.. Nov. 24, 2023. Docent JOAN QUATRANO conducts tour of Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)
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Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. Women’s black leather boots and black hat with feathers are on display at Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)
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Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. Bronze statue (extreme close-up) is on display at Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com). fun version of statue
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Roslyn Harbor, New York, U.S.. Nov. 24, 2023. Third from left, BOB STUHMER is one of the visitors taking docent tour of Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com).
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Roslyn Harbor, New York, U.S.. Nov. 24, 2023. Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass floor lamp and window are on display at Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art.(© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com).
Feature Photo (top of post): Roslyn Harbor, New York, U.S.. Nov. 24, 2023. Docent gestures to portrait during tour of Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art.
• UPDATE (12/8/2024): NCMA Executive Director Beth Horn
Last weekend, BETH HORN announced on social media she’s the new director of the Nassau County Museum of Art.
Executive Director at Sands Point Preserve Conservancy is among Director Horn’s former positions at Long Island and Manhattan companies and cultural institutions.
Bob and I enjoyed participating in the Conservancy’s Long Island Fairy Festival Fairy Art Exhibit this year. My exhibit art: Midsummer Night
LINKS:
Our Gilded Age: my PHOTO GALLERY
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, by Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner, 1873.
The Gilded Age – HBO drama series, premiered 1/2022
Nassau County Museum of Art: site • become a member
Roslyn Harbor, New York, U.S. Nov. 24, 2023. Visitors view small, delicate items on display behind glass at Our Gilded Age exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art. (© 2023 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com).
Thank you, Ann, for this beautiful post about NCMA and Our Gilded Age! Very happy you enjoyed the experience. Our docents are wonderful – they immerse themselves in every exhibition so that they can educate all of our visitors. See you next time! – Beth