Tiffany Lamps Gallery

 

 Gallery entryway

On our own, we decided to visit the New York Historical Society museum on the upper west side. Initially drawn to an exhibit about the history of the Hudson River, we ended up staying for an absolutely amazing permanent display of Tiffany lamps. Located in a darkened room on the fourth floor, the Tiffany Lamps Gallery features some 100 illuminated artifacts in all their majestic glory. We literally gasped when we entered the doorway. Certainly this must be the greatest collection of Tiffany lamps ever assembled!

What we learned was that a woman, named Clara Driscoll, was actually the genius behind many, if not most, of Tiffany's most famous leaded glass lampshades. Furthermore, as head of the Women's Glass Cutting Department, Driscoll was awarded the same pay ($35 a week) as Tiffany's male designers—quite an accomplishment for a woman in the early 20th century. 

We highly recommend seeing this exhibit the next time you're in NYC.

Apple blossoms

 

Dragonflies

 

More dragonflies

 

 

 

My favorite

 

And this one, too!

 

Cleveland

Tim at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, remembering

when he used to dance on American Bandstand

My father was born and lived in Cleveland until World War II, so I was anxious to see the city even though we'd been there before. It did not disappoint. We took a trolley tour, including a stop at the Lake View Cemetery's amazing Wade Memorial Chapel, completely decorated in Tiffany glass and tiles. Back at the ship, we walked over to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, where we spent the rest of the day revisiting the music of our youth. Our last major port-of-call.

Trolley tour: taking a nap or reading email?

Tiffany window at Wade Memorial Chapel

Small section of Tiffany tilework

John and me at the Rock Hall

Skinny Elvis suit

So happy to see our long-gone but still favorite DJ, the Real Don Steele,

honored as part of exhibit of influential radio personalities

Neil Young's handwritten lyrics to "Needle and the Damage Done"

Pretty good Beatles exhibit, though they, of course, deserve their own museum

Jimi Hendrix guitar

1988, what a great year to be inducted into the Hall:

Beatles, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Supremes, the Drifters,

Lead Belly, Woodie Guthrie, and Les Paul