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Moses Myers House

323 E. Freemason St.
Open Saturday and Sunday

Noon–5 p.m.

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

Reading Room
Wednesday-Friday
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Closed May 17-19, 2024

About the Myers House

The oldest Jewish home in America open to the public as a museum offers a glimpse of the life of an early 19th century merchant family.
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About the Library

With an extensive collection of more than 106,000 rare and unique volumes relating to the history of art, the Jean Outland Chrysler Art Library is one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the library

Located in Norfolk

One Memorial Place,
Norfolk, VA
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While You're Here

Visit our Museum Shop
and Zinnia Cafe.

Perry Glass Studio

A state-of-art facility on the Museum’s campus. See a free glassmaking demo Tuesdays–Sunday at noon. Like what you see? Take a class with us! More about the Studio

The Myers House

The home of the first permanent Jewish residents of Norfolk, this historic house offers a glimpse of the life of a wealthy early 19th-century merchant family.
More about the house

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

With an extensive collection of more than 106,000 rare and unique volumes relating to the history of art, the Jean Outland Chrysler Library is one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the Library

Wedding & Event Rentals

The perfect place for your big day or special event. Get the details

Field Trips

Field trips are available for groups of 60 or fewer. More about field trips

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

Visit one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the library

About the Chrysler

Our story spans well over 100 years. See where we began, how we grew, and where we're going. Explore our history

News and Announcements

See what's happening at the Museum, read Chrysler Magazine, and find our Media Center. Read now

Location

One Memorial Place
Norfolk, VA 23510

Location

245 Grace Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-333-6299

Always Free Parking

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Visiting Artist Series

Bringing the world’s top glass art talent to Hampton Roads
Find out more

Studio Team

Meet the brilliant minds behind the Studio.
See the team

Give the Chrysler Experience

Share everything you love about the Chrysler Museum with a gift membership. Perfect for everyone on your list.

The Masterpiece Society

Learn about this innovative group of museum supporters.
Meet the Masterpiece Society

Planned Giving

Help ensure the long-term success of the Museum.
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Moses Myers House

323 E. Freemason St.
Open Saturday and Sunday

Noon–5 p.m.

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

Reading Room
Wednesday-Friday
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Closed May 17-19, 2024

About the Myers House

The oldest Jewish home in America open to the public as a museum offers a glimpse of the life of an early 19th century merchant family.
More about the house

About the Library

With an extensive collection of more than 106,000 rare and unique volumes relating to the history of art, the Jean Outland Chrysler Art Library is one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the library

Located in Norfolk

One Memorial Place,
Norfolk, VA
Get Directions

While You're Here

Visit our Museum Shop
and Zinnia Cafe.

Perry Glass Studio

A state-of-art facility on the Museum’s campus. See a free glassmaking demo Tuesdays–Sunday at noon. Like what you see? Take a class with us! More about the Studio

The Myers House

The home of the first permanent Jewish residents of Norfolk, this historic house offers a glimpse of the life of a wealthy early 19th-century merchant family.
More about the house

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

With an extensive collection of more than 106,000 rare and unique volumes relating to the history of art, the Jean Outland Chrysler Library is one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the Library

Wedding & Event Rentals

The perfect place for your big day or special event. Get the details

Field Trips

Field trips are available for groups of 60 or fewer. More about field trips

Jean Outland Chrysler Library

Visit one of the most significant art libraries in the South. More about the library

About the Chrysler

Our story spans well over 100 years. See where we began, how we grew, and where we're going. Explore our history

News and Announcements

See what's happening at the Museum, read Chrysler Magazine, and find our Media Center. Read now

Location

One Memorial Place
Norfolk, VA 23510

Location

245 Grace Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-333-6299

Always Free Parking

Get Directions

Visiting Artist Series

Bringing the world’s top glass art talent to Hampton Roads
Find out more

Studio Team

Meet the brilliant minds behind the Studio.
See the team

Give the Chrysler Experience

Share everything you love about the Chrysler Museum with a gift membership. Perfect for everyone on your list.

The Masterpiece Society

Learn about this innovative group of museum supporters.
Meet the Masterpiece Society

Planned Giving

Help ensure the long-term success of the Museum.
Learn about planned giving

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New Frames of Reference: Early French Photographers at Home and Abroad

On View

September 5, 2024 — February 16, 2025

Location

Frank Photography Gallery

Édouard Denis Baldus (French (born Prussia), 1813–1889), Arles. Cloister, St. Trophime (Arles. Cloître, St. Trophime), ca. 1861, Albumen print from waxed paper negative, Gift of Susan and Paul Hirschbiel, 2019.19.3

The first country to announce the invention of a photographic process and release it for public use in 1839, France took the lead in the early decades of photography’s technological and aesthetic development. New Frames of Reference: French Photographers at Home and Abroad in the Nineteenth Century explores how photographers adapted the conventions of portraiture, still life, landscape, and other established artistic genres to the new medium.

Charles Marville (Charles François Bossu), (French, 1816–1879), Untitled (Bois de Boulogne), from Album du Bois de Boulogne, 1858–1860, Albumen print from wet collodion negative on original mount, Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank and with funds provided by Michael Bakwin, Leah and Richard Waitzer, Stephan H. and Marynell Gordon, Randy and Lelia Graham Webb, Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rubin, Tom and Selina Stokes, Dixie and Henry Wolf, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. Grandy V, and Norfolk Southern Foundation, 2014.18.1

French photographers faced enormous challenges mastering the technical complexities of photography. From daguerreotypes to autochromes, early photographs exemplified a bewildering range of complex and unpredictable techniques. The exhibition documents a time when cameras were large and heavy, travel was slow, and the vagaries of sunlight and photochemistry undermined the very possibility of creating an image.

Like contemporary Impressionist painters, French photographers trafficked in the new and the fashionable: the urban renewal of Paris, the cut of the latest frockcoats and crinolines, and the faces of the famous. Consistent with a commitment to “progress,” scenes of disappearing or pre-industrial cultures and traditions – rural life and landscape, Middle Eastern monuments, crumbling Gothic buildings, exotic cultures – were categorized as “picturesque” and targeted to urban, middle-class consumers and patrons.

Including some fifty vintage photographs from the Chrysler Museum of Art collection, this broad-ranging exhibition provides the viewer with a sense of the lives and values of the first generation of photographic creators and consumers to define itself through the framing lens of the camera.

This exhibition is organized by Gary Van Zante and Anne McCauley, guest curators.

More special exhibitions

On view right now

Oil on canvas self-portrait of Bernard Conda
Through December 1, 2024

Bernard Conda: A Day in the Life
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Peter Bremers Sapphire Ice Cave - Glass Object
Through January 19, 2025

Peter Bremers: Ice to Water
Exhibition Details