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Griffin Museum Celebrates 100 Years of Fenway Park

Twenty years of the Griffin Museum of Photography and 100 years of Fenway Park celebrated with two unique exhibits.

 

Think back to the first time you ever stepped foot in Fenway Park. Imagine that breath taking moment in time when you first laid eyes on the field, The Green Monster, Pesky’s Pole and the big score board underneath the big lights. That moment is one that has stopped generations of Americans and baseball fans from all over the world in their tracks. Fenway Park embodies the faith, tradition and loyalty of a self-defined “nation” of believers.

is celebrating both the 100-year anniversary of Fenway Park as well as the 20-year anniversary of the Museum. The museum is celebrating America’s most beloved ballpark with two exhibhits for baseball lovers to conjure up memories, stories and impressions from this landmark.

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Fenway Park, which features the work of more than a dozen photographers, is on display in the Main Gallery. Also on display is There Goes Ted Williams, with photographs by museum founder Arthur Griffin and illustrations by Matt Tavares, is in the Atelier and Griffin galleries April 5 through May 27.

Opening receptions will be hosted on April 12, 7-8:30 p.m. Matt Tavares gives a members’ talk on There Goes Ted Williams on April 12, 6:15 p.m., before the public opening. He also gives a gallery talk on April 22 at 3 p.m.

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Fenway Park features historical and contemporary photographs related to the construction of the park, the neighborhood of Fenway and the people. This is less of a historical piece and more of a celebration of the unique spirit of Boston.

Photographs have been provided by the Boston Red Sox, the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Clark Gallery, the FDR Museum, Historic New England, the McGreevy and Leslie Jones Collections at the Boston Public Library, the Don Zimmer family, the Dom DiMaggio family, Peter Griffin, Ralph and Beth Valentine, as well as the Decaneas Archive, Panopticon Gallery, Kane Gallery, and the estate of Maureen Richards.

Photographers invited to exhibit in Fenway Park are Lora Brody, Bill Chapman, Jim Dow, John W. Ferguson, David Levinthal, Lou Jones, Jack Kadis, Steve Morse, Tony Scarpetta, Stephen Sheffield, Mike Sleeper, Steve Wilstein, and Laura Wulf.

So come down and celebrate this iconic ballpark.

The Griffin Museum of Photography is open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 

The Museum is closed on Monday.

General admission is $7 for adults; $3 for seniors. Members and children under 12 are admitted free. Admission is free to all every Thursday. For more information, call 781-729-1158, or visit www.griffinmuseum.org.


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