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The '''Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art''', located on [[Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island|Lighthouse Hill]] in [[Staten Island]], [[New York City]] is home to an important collection of Himalayan artifacts.
The '''Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art''', located on residential [[Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island|Lighthouse Hill]] in the [[Egbertville] neighborhood [[Staten Island]], [[New York City]] is home to one of the [[United States]]' most extensive collections of Himalayan artifacts.<ref name="jobs">{{Cite web|url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/where_are_all_the_jobs_nonprof.html|title=Where are all the Jobs? Non-Profits|accessdate=2008-03-30|year=2008-03-02|author=Stephanie Slepian|work=The Staten Island Advance}}</ref> The museum was created by [[Jacques Marchais]], known also as Jacqueline Norma Klauber, (1887-1948), an American woman, to serve as a bridge between the West and the rich ancient and cultural traditions of [[Tibet]] and the [[Himalayas|Himalayan region]].<ref name="orient">{{Cite web|url=http://www.orientations.com.hk/hmmay07.htm|title=From Staten Island to Shangri-La: The Collecting Life of Jacques Marchais|accessdate=2008-03-30|year=2007-05|author=Sarah Johnson|work=Orientations}}</ref> Marchais designed her educational center to be an all-encompassing experience: it was built to resemble a rustic Himalayan [[monastery]] with extensive terraced gardens and grounds and a fish and [[lotus]] pond.<ref name="egb">{{Cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0552,hoods,71264,15.html|title=Close-Up on Egbertville, Staten Island|accessdate=2008-03-30|year=2005-12-20|author=Tim Heffernan|work=The Village Voice}}</ref> The museum was praised for its authenticity by the [[Dalai Lama]] who visited in 1991.<ref name="remem">{{Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E4DC153EF934A2575BC0A9679C8B63&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=print|title=On an Island That's Worth Remembering|accessdate=2008-03-30|year=2001-08-17|author=Claire Wilson|work=The New York Times}}</ref>


The museum was created by [[Jacques Marchais]](1887-1948), an extraordinary American woman, to serve as a bridge between the West and the rich ancient and cultural traditions of [[Tibet]] and the [[Himalayas|Himalayan region]]. Because of her passionate drive to amass a fine collection of Tibetan objects from the late 1920s through the 1940s, New York City possesses one of the nation's earliest collections of high-quality Tibetan and Himalayan art housed in a remarkable setting.<ref name="orient">{{Cite web|url=http://www.orientations.com.hk/hmmay07.htm|title=From Staten Island to Shangri-La: The Collecting Life of Jacques Marchais|accessdate=2008-03-30|year=2007-05|author=Sarah Johnson|work=Orientations}}</ref> Marchais designed her educational center to be an all-encompassing experience: it was built to resemble a rustic Himalayan [[monastery]] with extensive terraced gardens and grounds and a fish and [[lotus]] pond.
Marchais had never visited Tibet or the Himalayas, but she had a lifelong interest in the region and sought to find a permanent home for her collection. The museum officially opened in 1947.<ref name="despeek">{{Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E3D9173CF932A15755C0A96E958260|title=Desperately Seeking Solitude; Prayer Flags Aflutter at a Tibetan Outpost|accessdate=2008-03-30|year=1998-06-21|author=Edward Wong|work=The New York Times}}</ref> More than sixty years later, the museum continues the original mission of promoting awareness of and preserving the art and culture of Tibet and the Himalayan region. The museum, its collection and its history in Staten Island has been chronicled in a book by the same name<ref name="tres">{{cite journal | title=Treasures of Tibetan Art: Collections of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art| journal=The Journal of the American Oriental Society| year=2000-07-01}}</ref> and 60th [[anniversary]] [[exhibition]].<ref name="boro">{{Cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/24/AR2007082400719_pf.html|title=Boroughing into Staten Island|accessdate=2008-03-30|year=2007-08-26|author=Grace Lichtenstein|work=The Washington Post}}</ref>


As a collector and institutional founder, Jacques Marchais explained, "Please do not think I am an egotist, for no one knows better than I- that I am but an instrument used to preserve the art of an ancient people and to present it to a younger generation." The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art continues the original mission of promoting awareness of and preserving the art and culture of Tibet and the Himalayan region.
The museum has not been able to benefit from the [[Department of Transportation]]'s initiative to draw traffic to the borough's cultural organizations via a new signage program because it lacks a dedicated parking lot<ref name="hwy">{{Cite web|url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/sandy_ground_museum_easier_to.html|title=Sandy Ground Museum Easier to Find Thanks to New Highway Signs|accessdate=2008-03-30|year=2008-03-01|author=Maura Yates|work=The Staten Island Advance}}</ref> and as such it remains somewhat hidden among [[New York City]]'s cultural organizations.<ref name="egb"/>


The museum has a calendar of year-round activities. The gift shop at the museum features items handmade by Tibetan artisans.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Tibetan art]]
*[[Tibetan art]]

Revision as of 15:14, 8 April 2008

Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
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Established1945
Location338 Lighthouse Ave, Staten Island, New York, USA
WebsiteJacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, located on Lighthouse Hill in Staten Island, New York City is home to an important collection of Himalayan artifacts.

The museum was created by Jacques Marchais(1887-1948), an extraordinary American woman, to serve as a bridge between the West and the rich ancient and cultural traditions of Tibet and the Himalayan region. Because of her passionate drive to amass a fine collection of Tibetan objects from the late 1920s through the 1940s, New York City possesses one of the nation's earliest collections of high-quality Tibetan and Himalayan art housed in a remarkable setting.[1] Marchais designed her educational center to be an all-encompassing experience: it was built to resemble a rustic Himalayan monastery with extensive terraced gardens and grounds and a fish and lotus pond.

As a collector and institutional founder, Jacques Marchais explained, "Please do not think I am an egotist, for no one knows better than I- that I am but an instrument used to preserve the art of an ancient people and to present it to a younger generation." The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art continues the original mission of promoting awareness of and preserving the art and culture of Tibet and the Himalayan region.

The museum has a calendar of year-round activities. The gift shop at the museum features items handmade by Tibetan artisans.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sarah Johnson (2007-05). "From Staten Island to Shangri-La: The Collecting Life of Jacques Marchais". Orientations. Retrieved 2008-03-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)

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