The Toledo Museum of Art has plenty to celebrate this year with the centennial of its Beaux Arts-style main museum building and the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the American Studio Glass Movement, as well as two particularly stylish exhibitions that include the portrait work of artist Edouard Manet and the striking images from some of the best photographers of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
There is still time to check out the Manet and Hollywood exhibitions before the end of the year, but there is much to see at the museum year round as well.
I always admired the story of the museum and its founders, Edward and Florence Libbey. Edward, of the Libbey Glass Company family, and Florence both had a love of art and the foresight to establish a healthy endowment for the museum that would continue to support the museum's mission of sharing that art with the public.
The museum is also especially forward-thinking in committing to various green initiatives as it continues to thrive and expand, something I learned as we headed back to our car in the museum's parking lot after our most recent visit.
Check out my latest story, Toledo Museum of Art Celebrates Milestones in Style, at the Ohio Tourism Division's Discovering Ohio blog.
Want to learn more about the museum's two current exhibits? Check out the companion book for the "Made in Hollywood" show, Glamour of the Gods by Robert Dance and John Taylor or Hollywood Movie Stills: Art and Technique in the Golden Age of the Studios by Joel W. Finler.
The catalog for the Manet exhibition, Manet: Portraying Life by Maryanne Stevens, Colin Bailey, Stephane Guegan, Leah Lehmbeck and Lawrence Nichols, is also worth checking out.
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