Description: This picture postcard shows an interior view of the Cloisters, the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. The color illustration reveals the stone floor and arcades, three of which were taken from a medieval cloister. The Cloisters were part of a 1933 expansion of the original Neoclassical (Classical Revival) museum building, which had been designed by Edward B. Green and Harry W. Wachter and which opened in 1912. An earlier expansion, in 1926, added the Gothic Hall, where tapestries, sculpture, and stained glass. Although the caption on this postcard image identifies the location as the Gothic Hall and Cloisters Gallery, the image likely shows only the Cloisters area. The Gothic Hall incorporated vaulted ribs, which are not visible in this image. In 1982 the Gothic Hall and Gallery were renovated to create space for a museum entrance on Grove Street, a grand staircase, and the Canaday Gallery. The Toledo Art Museum was founded in 1901 by two artists, an attorney, an architect, an industrialist, a realtor, and a journalist. In 1907, Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925) and his wife, Florence Scott Libbey, donated six acres of land on Monroe Street for the site of a new building. Libbey was the founder of the Libbey Glass Company and the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, both located in Toledo. Since 1912 the museum campus has grown substantially. It now comprises 36 acres with six buildings. Due to the benevolences of its founders and membership support, the museum remains a privately endowed, nonprofit institution. Admission is free and open to the public six days per week, 309 days per year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06162
Subjects: Toledo Museum of Art; Architecture--Ohio; Toledo (Ohio); Neoclassicism (Architecture); Galleries and museums; Greek revival (Architecture); Libbey, Edward Drummond, 1854-1925
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This exterior photograph of the Toledo Museum of Art shows its white marble façade and sixteen ionic columns, designed in Neoclassical (Classical Revival) architectural style. The building, which opened in 1912, was designed by Edward B. Green and Harry W. Wachter. The photograph’s vantage point emphasizes the museum’s landscaped environment that includes trees, shrubs, and an expanse of lawn. The museum was founded in 1901 by two artists, an attorney, an architect, an industrialist, a realtor, and a journalist. In 1907, Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925) and his wife, Florence Scott Libbey, donated six acres of land on Monroe Street for the site of a new building. Libbey was the founder of the Libbey Glass Company and the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, both located in Toledo. Since 1912 the museum campus has grown substantially. It now comprises 36 acres with six buildings. Due to the benevolences of its founders and membership support, the museum remains a privately endowed, nonprofit institution. Admission is free and open to the public six days per week, 309 days per year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06161
Subjects: Toledo Museum of Art; Architecture--Ohio; Toledo (Ohio); Neoclassicism (Architecture); Galleries and museums; Greek revival (Architecture); Libbey, Edward Drummond, 1854-1925
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Monroe Street entrance to the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. The original building, which opened in 1912, was designed in the Neoclassical (Classical Revival) architectural style by Edward B. Green and Harry W. Wachter. The photograph’s vantage point emphasizes the museum’s landscaped environment that includes trees, shrubs, and lawn. The Toledo Museum of Art underwent two expansions, in 1926 and in 1933. The museum's east and west wings, which are visible in this photograph, were added in 1933. The museum was founded in 1901 by two artists, an attorney, an architect, an industrialist, a realtor, and a journalist. In 1907, Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925) and his wife, Florence Scott Libbey, donated six acres of land on Monroe Street for the site of a new building. Libbey was the founder of the Libbey Glass Company and the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, both located in Toledo. Since 1912 the museum campus has grown substantially. It now comprises 36 acres with six buildings. Due to the benevolences of its founders and membership support, the museum remains a privately endowed, nonprofit institution. Admission is free and open to the public six days per week, 309 days per year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06166
Subjects: Toledo Museum of Art; Architecture--Ohio; Toledo (Ohio); Neoclassicism (Architecture); Galleries and museums; Greek revival (Architecture); Libbey, Edward Drummond, 1854-1925
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Edward Drummond Libbey was born on April 17, 1854, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Attracted by the promotion of a civic group, as well as abundant fuel, Libbey relocated his glass operation, the Libbey Glass Company, from Massachusetts to Toledo in 1888. His company was renowned as a producer of fine art glass. Libbey was the founder and first president of the Toledo Museum of Art. He died in 1925. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07685
Subjects: Libbey, Edward Drummond, 1854-1925; Glass industry; Toledo Museum of Art