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Renovations And Refurbishings January was a busy month at the Demuth Foundation. Visitors arriving when the museum re-opened on February 1st entered by way of the gift shop to discover that the reception desk and work stations had been moved there. Further, the temporary office quarters of the director, in the former reception area, had been dismantled and re-established next door in the back office of 116 East King Street. In the space formerly occupied by the director’s office and the reception area – actually, the dining room of Charles Demuth and his mother – visitors are now greeted by five illustrated panels about Demuth family history, from its beginnings in 1770 with the tobacco shop until Charles Demuth’s death on October 25, 1935. Demuth’s needlepointed arm chair and his painted firescreen on the raised hearth of the fireplace are now on permanent exhibition there. These renovations offer museum-goers a full introduction to the lives and times of members of one of Lancaster’s most distinguished families. |
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