Glass-Glen Burnie Museum Inc

DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE AND HERITAGE OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.

EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS THE MSV UTILIZES ITS ENTIRE CAMPUS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING INCLUDING GARDEN SPACES, GALLERIES, CLASSROOMS, A MAKERSPACE STUDIO, AND THE TRAILS AT THE MSV. ROSE HILL PARK ALSO PROVIDES SPACE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS.IN FY 2023, THE MSV OFFERED 364 EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT SERVED 29,615 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. THE MSV OFFERED 325 YOUTH, FAMILY, AND ADULT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ATTENDED BY 10,252 PEOPLE. FOR YOUTH, NEW PROGRAMS INCLUDED SUMMER WORKSHOPS AND AN INTERNATIONAL ART PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH STUDENTS IN CUBA. FOR ADULTS, 104 MSV PROGRAMS SERVED 1,639 PEOPLE. NEW FAMILY PROGRAMS INCLUDED THE SENSORY-FRIENDLY ACCESS MSV AND MAKERSPACE DROP-IN WORKSHOPS. MANY PROGRAMS INCORPORATED THE TRAILS AT THE MSV AND INCLUDED JR. TRAILBLAZERS, YOGA ON THE TRAILS, AND VARIOUS GUIDED TRAIL WALKS. CONTINUING ADULT PROGRAMS INCLUDED VIRTUAL TALKS, GALLERY TALKS, POTTERY WORKSHOPS IN THE MAKERSPACE STUDIO, GUIDED GARDEN TALKS, CURATOR-LED TALKS, AND A VARIETY OF HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS. MSV SCHOOL PROGRAMMING ENGAGED 6,133 STUDENTS OF ALL AGES. THE MSV PROVIDED RENT-FREE USE OF CAMPUS PROPERTY TO A LOCAL PRESERVATION GROUP, A REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL, AND A NONPROFIT ARTS FOUNDATION. THANKS TO CORPORATE UNDERWRITING, 9,481 PEOPLE - EXCLUSIVE OF MSV MEMBERS RECEIVED FREE GENERAL ADMISSION TO THE MSV GALLERIES AND GARDENS, AND 4,035 PEOPLE ENJOYED FREE-ADMISSION COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AT THE MSV.THE MUSEUM SERVES VALLEY ARTISTS THROUGH A CONSIGNMENT PROGRAM IN ITS MUSEUM STORE AND OFFERS SPECIALTY ITEMS AND BOOKS COMPLEMENTING MSV EXHIBITIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

OUR COLLECTION THE MUSEUM OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY CARES FOR A PERMANENT COLLECTION CONTAINING MORE THAN 23,000 OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE FINE AND DECORATIVE ART COLLECTED BY MSV BENEFACTOR JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR., THE MINIATURE HOUSES AND ROOMS ASSEMBLED IN THE VALLEY BY GLASS'S PARTNER R. LEE TAYLOR, AND A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS AND ARTIFACTS THAT TELL THE STORY OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. LOCATED ON A 214-ACRE LANDSCAPE THAT IS THE LARGEST GREEN SPACE AND ONLY WORKING FARM IN THE CITY OF WINCHESTER, THE MSV IS A REGIONAL CULTURAL CENTER THAT INCLUDES GALLERIES, THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE, SEVEN ACRES OF FORMAL GARDENS, AND THE TRAILS AT THE MSV - A 90-ACRE ART PARK ON THE MSV LANDSCAPE.THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE, THE OLDEST PORTIONS OF WHICH DATE TO 1794, IS SURROUNDED BY SEVEN ACRES OF FORMAL GARDENS WHICH WERE INSTALLED IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BY MSV BENEFACTOR JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. AND HIS PARTNER R. LEE TAYLOR. THE MUSEUM SITS ON LAND ORIGINALLY CLAIMED BY GLASS'S ANCESTOR AND WINCHESTER FOUNDER JAMES WOOD IN 1735. THE PROPERTY WAS PASSED THROUGH GENERATIONS OF WOOD AND GLASS FAMILIES UNTIL BEING ACQUIRED IN 1952 BY JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. BEGINNING IN THE 1950S, THE PROPERTY WAS EXTENSIVELY RENOVATED AND TRANSFORMED INTO A COUNTRY RETREAT. THE HOME WAS FURNISHED WITH OBJECTS PASSED THROUGH FAMILY GENERATIONS ALONG WITH EIGHTEENTH- AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY FURNITURE AND FINE ARTS ACQUIRED BY JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. THE MSV IS SUPPORTED BY THE GLASSGLEN BURNIE FOUNDATION AND MANAGES THE PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE FOUNDATION. UPON MR. GLASS'S DEATH AND AS A CONDITION OF HIS WILL, THE HOUSE AND GARDENS WERE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON A SEASONAL BASIS IN 1997. IN 2005, THE MUSEUM OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (MSV), A 50,000-SQUARE-FOOT GALLERIES BUILDING, WAS ADDED AS AN ANCHOR TO THE SITE TO FULFILL GLASS'S VISION OF SHARING HIS SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION WITH THE PUBLIC AND TO EXPAND UPON THAT VISION TO INCLUDE A SPACE WHERE THE ART, HISTORY, AND CULTURE OF THE VALLEY COULD BE INTERPRETED. FOLLOWING A TWO-YEAR RENOVATION PROJECT, THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE REOPENED IN FY 2014 AS A VERSATILE SPACE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING FEATURING NEW DISPLAYS AND INTERPRETATION. THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE AND ADJACENT GARDENS ARE AMONG THE MSV'S MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTION ASSETS. IN 2014, THE MSV UNVEILED A LARGER LAND USE PLAN, THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH OUTLINED THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MSV LANDSCAPE.IN FY 2021, THE TRAILS AT THE MSV OPENED. A FREE-ADMISSION ART PARK ON 90 ACRES OF THE MSV LANDSCAPE, THE TRAILS AT THE MSV OFFERS MORE THAN 3 MILES OF TRAILS FOR WALKING, RUNNING, AND BICYCLING. THE TRAILS INCLUDE LANDSCAPE FEATURES SUCH AS A STANDING STONE CIRCLE AND FLOATING WETLANDS BOARDWALK AND OUTDOOR ART INSTALLATIONS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MSV COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY AND SINCE OPENING IN 2005, THE MUSEUM ACTIVELY COLLECTS ITEMS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. THE MSV FUNDS ACQUISITION AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS WITH ITS COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ENDOWMENT AND A RECENTLY FORMED GAUNT COLLECTORS SOCIETY. THE MSV BUILDING INCLUDES A COLLECTIONS STORAGE SPACE FOR ITEMS NOT ON DISPLAY. IN ADDITION TO THE MSV CAMPUS, THE MSV MANAGES THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF THE GLASS FAMILY, KNOWN AS THE ROSE HILL FARM. THE SITE INCLUDES A VERNACULAR FEDERAL-STYLE HOUSE AND IS NOTABLE FOR BEING THE LOCATION OF THE CIVIL WAR'S FIRST BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN. A RENOVATION PROJECT TO STABILIZE AND PRESERVE THE HOME WAS COMPLETED IN FY 2015 AND THE HOUSE IS RENTED TO THE MSV EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO OVERSEES ITS MAINTENANCE AND CARE. IN FY 2017, THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FREDERICK COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE HISTORIC PORTIONS OF THE ROSE HILL LANDSCAPE ADJACENT TO THE HOUSE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AS A COMMUNITY PARK FEATURING A 1.3-MILE WALKING TRAIL WITH INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE, A PARKING LOT, RESTROOMS, AND OPEN PLAY FIELDS. THE ROSE HILL PARK IS CO-MANAGED BY LEASE TO FREDERICK COUNTY.

OUR EXHIBITIONS THE MSV CONTAINS FOUR GALLERY SPACES HOUSED ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE MAIN MUSEUM BUILDING. IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY GALLERY, OBJECTS, MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATIONS, AND EXHIBITS EXPLORE THE SWEEP OF VALLEY HISTORY, AND TWO ADDITIONAL ROOMS DISPLAY CHANGING EXHIBITIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE VALLEY'S DECORATIVE ARTS AND WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY VALLEY ARTISTS. THE FOUNDERS GALLERY PRESENTS ROTATING EXHIBITIONS FEATURING OBJECTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS ASSEMBLED BY MSV BENEFACTOR JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. THE R. LEE TAYLOR MINIATURES GALLERY IS HOME TO A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF FURNISHED HOUSES AND ROOMS ASSEMBLED BY R. LEE TAYLOR, GLASS'S PARTNER AND THE MUSEUM'S LATE CURATOR OF GARDENS. THE MINIATURES GALLERY ALSO PRESENTS SHADOWBOXES CREATED BY VALLEY MINIATURES ARTIST WILLIAM P. MASSEY (ACTIVE 1930S TO 1940S).THE CHANGING EXHIBITIONS GALLERY, FOUNDERS GALLERY, AND SHENANDOAH VALLEY GALLERY DISPLAY CONTINUALLY CHANGING EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN ADDITION, AN EXHIBITION IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY IN THE DRAWING ROOM OF THE MSV GLEN BURNIE HOUSE. THE MSV ORGANIZES CHANGING EXHIBITIONS AND BRINGS TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS TO THE REGION WITH THE GOAL OF SERVING DIVERSE AUDIENCES. IN FY 2023, THE MSV PRESENTED TEN SEPARATE EXHIBITIONS DANNY LYON: MEMORIES OF THE SOUTHERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (APRIL 2 - JULY 31, 2022), DESTINATION LATIN AMERICA (SEPTEMBER 3, 2022 - JANUARY 8, 2023), ACROSS THE POND: AMERICAN & BRITISH ART FROM THE JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. COLLECTION (OPENED NOVEMBER 11, 2022, AND ONGOING), WITH LYRIC BRUSH: JOHN CHUMLEY'S VALLEY (FEBRUARY 25 - AUGUST 6, 2023). TWO OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS WERE PRESENTED IN THE GARDENS: ORIGAMI IN THE GARDEN (MAY 28 - NOVEMBER 13, 2022) AND SEAN KENNEY'S NATURE CONNECTS MADE WITH LEGO BRICKS (MAY 27 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2023).ALONG WITH MAJOR ROTATING EXHIBITIONS, THE MSV CONTINUED THE DISPLAY OF ITS COLLECTION OF TWENTIETH- AND TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ART IN THE VITAL FORCE EXHIBITION (CLOSED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022); PRESENTED SHENANDOAH VALLEY DECORATIVE ARTS IN THE COLLECT, PRESERVE, INTERPRET EXHIBITION (ONGOING); AND DETAILED THE INFLUENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE REGION WITH THE EXHIBITION CONTRIBUTIONS: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (ONGOING). IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY GALLERY, THE DIGITAL EXHIBITION WILD, WONDERFUL, AND BRAVE: FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE (DISPLAYED JUNE 25, 2022 - JUNE 25, 2023) TOLD THE STORY OF MEDICAL COMMUNITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IN THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE DRAWING ROOM, EXHIBITIONS PRESENTED INCLUDED AN INDOOR DISPLAY RELATED TO ORIGAMI IN THE GARDEN (MAY 28 - NOVEMBER 13, 2022) AND TINY RIDGE: MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPHY BY SARAH JONES DECKER (APRIL 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2023). ADDITIONALLY, THE WORK OF NUMEROUS SHENANDOAH VALLEY ARTISTS WAS DISPLAYED THROUGH FOUR ART IN THE HALLS INSTALLATIONS IN FY 2023.