by Yes, another art museum for us. I can’t help it, when there’s Sisleys and Hassams and Renoirs to be seen!
The cover photo to this post, for example, is Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Trees by the Edge of a River, c. 1875-1880.
The Chrysler Museum of Art is located in Norfolk, Virginia. Its origins date to 1933 (when it was known as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences), but really got going when automotive heir Walter P. Chrysler donated his extensive collection to the museum in 1971. The museum was renamed in his honor.
The museum’s collection contains 30,000 objects, but a highlight is its collection of glass. It is considered one of the greatest collections of glass in the world, and includes many wonderful Louis Comfort Tiffany items – Tiffany, of course, being a neighbor of Chrysler’s. The museum also has a glass studio where you can take classes or see demonstrations. There were so many wonderful items, I gave them their own dedicated post.
During our visit we were able to see the exhibit Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm, which features more than 250 photographs taken by McCartney during the years that the Beatles went from nobody to superstar status. The pictures captured many behind-the-scenes moments when the band were young – so young! – and innocent, as well as the craziness that followed them as Beatlemania took over.
