The Toledo Museum of Art is marking its 125th anniversary this year with a series of public programs honoring the institution’s history and collection. Founded in 1901 by glass industrialist Edward Drummond Libbey and a group of charter members, the museum began in rented rooms in downtown Toledo before eventually relocating to its current site along Monroe Street, where its Vermont marble building opened in 1912.

Anniversary programming includes self-guided art walks, legacy tours, glassblowing demonstrations, peristyle tours, and lectures with Julie McMaster, the museum’s first archivist, who has held the position since 1993. McMaster’s archives have proved essential to ongoing renovation work, helping architects answer detailed historical questions about the building’s three construction phases in 1912, 1926, and 1933.

The museum’s collection spans tens of thousands of works from ancient artifacts to contemporary art and houses one of the world’s finest glass collections. Admission to the Toledo Museum of Art is free. More information about anniversary events is available at toledomuseum.org/125.

Source: 13abc.com