GILDED AGE ARTSENTERTAINMENTLEISUREcont.

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GILDED AGE ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT/LEISURE(cont.)

• Other forms of entertainment/leisure also emerged
  for urban dwellers we will focus on Museums,
  Expositions, and Department Stores
• Museums emerge in cities. Most major American
  museums established during late 19th century.
  Below are prime examples.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (1872)
• John Taylor Johnston - founder
• Museum of Natural History (1869)
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1876)
• Chicago Art Institute (1879)
• Charles L. Hutchinson
• Orchestras - established in major U.S. cities
  throughout late nineteenth century
• Theater
• Repertory Companies

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• Expositions
• Centennial International Exposition
• 1st Worlds Fair in U.S.
• The Worlds Columbian Exposition (The Chicago
  Fair)
• Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmstead
• 640 acres
• 27-28,000,000 attend
• More than 200 buildings
• Westinghouse electrifies fair
• Ferris Wheel (George Ferris)
• Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
• Machinery Building
• Agricultural Building

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• Department Stores
• Marshall Field (1865)
• Marshall Field
• Wannamaker (1876)
• John Wanamaker
• Bloomingdales (1872)
• Lyman and Marshall Bloomingdale
• Belk (1888)
• William Henry Belk
• Following image Wannamaker Store in
  Philadelphia (1903)

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