Hispanic Society Museum & Library

Traveling exhibitions during campus renovation

Hispanic Society Museum & Library (HSM&L) engaged The Museum Box to coordinate the development and placement of a number of touring exhibitions, as well as to initiate new projects, while the galleries were closed for campus renovation.

The Museum Box worked closely with HSM&L leadership and staff to develop strategies, approach potential partners and suggest exhibition ideas for development.

The Museum Box worked on a number of HSM&L exhibitions, including Treasures of the Hispanic Society, Baroque Spain and Joaquín Sorolla: The Painter and the Sea.

Art collector Duncan Phillips Jr. visited Sorolla at his Madrid home in 1911. Phillips asked Sorolla about his artistic philosophy and recounted him saying: “Art has nothing to do with ugliness or sadness. Light is the life of everything it tou
Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American decorative artist known for his work in stained glass. The two artists met at Sorolla’s Hispanic Society Museum & Library exhibition in 1909, but it would not be until 1911, when Sorolla returned for a
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was born in 1863 in Valencia, Spain, and had precocious talent from a young age. In his late teens, the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in Madrid began showing his paintings. In 1884, not yet 21, he exhibit
Adams’ photography is defined by its realist style, showing the wonder of America’s landscape as it appeared. Adams took photographs at many American state parks, especially in various parts of Yosemite National Park, located in central C
Ted Orland shows Adams as a working artist in the pursuit of a picture. Orland was an assistant and printer for Adams, and went on to have his own artistic career. The candid portrait showcases Adams in his creative element, surrounded by nature, his
Ansel Adams was a photographer known for his images of the American landscape. His commitment to the natural world extended beyond his photography through his work as an environmental rights activist. In “The Tetons and the Snake River,”

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