Exhibit: The Art of War: Ticonderoga as Experienced through the eyes of America's Great Artists
May 20, 2011 to October 20, 2011Fort Ticonderoga’s newest exhibit, "The Art of War: Ticonderoga as Experienced Through the Eyes of America’s Great Artists" brings together for the first time in one highlighted exhibition fifty of the museum’s most important artworks. Fort Ticonderoga helped give birth to the Hudson River school of American Art with Thomas Cole’s pivotal 1826 work, Gelyna, or a View Near Ticonderoga, the museum’s most important 19th-century masterpiece to be featured in the exhibit. The Art of War exhibit is on view May 20 through October 20 in the Deborah Clarke Mars Education Center exhibition gallery. Exhibit-related education programs and a gallery-focused family activity will challenge visitors of all ages to explore the art both in the gallery and throughout Fort Ticonderoga’s 2,000 acre landscape. The exhibition and related programs are made by possible by generous support of the Felicia Fund, Champlain National Bank, Stewart's Shops, International Paper Foundation, and individual supporters.
