GLASS-GLEN BURNIE MUSEUM INC
901 AMHERST ST, WINCHESTER, VA 22601 www.themsv.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF THE MUSEUM OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (MSV) IS TO PRESERVE AND ENRICH THE CULTURAL LIFE AND HERITAGE OF THE VALLEY. A CULTURAL SITE THAT SERVES THE ENTIRE REGION, THE MSV FULFILLS ITS MISSION BY PRESENTING A WIDE VARIETY OF EXHIBITIONS, OFFERING AN EXTENSIVE SCHEDULE OF EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, PRESERVING THE LARGEST GREEN SPACE AND ONLY WORKING FARM IN THE CITY OF WINCHESTER, AND ACTIVELY BUILDING AND CARING FOR A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS WHICH TELL THE VALLEY'S STORY, INCLUDING THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE AND SURROUNDING SEVEN-ACRE GARDENS AND ROSE HILL FARM PARK, A PUBLIC PARK AND CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD SITE. THE MSV CELEBRATES THE VALLEY'S PAST, SERVES AS A VIBRANT CULTURAL CENTER IN THE PRESENT, AND, IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, WILL EXPAND INTO A CULTURAL PARK BY OPENING 90 ACRES OF THE MSV LANDSCAPE TO THE PUBLIC AS A FREE-ADMISSION ART PARK WITH A SYSTEM OF HIKING AND WALKING TRAILS WITH OUTDOOR ART DISPLAYS CONNECTING THE MSV CAMPUS TO THE COMMUNITY.

DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE AND HERITAGE OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.

EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNITY, AND PUBLIC PROGRAMSTHE MSV UTILIZES ITS ENTIRE CAMPUS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING INCLUDING GARDEN SPACES, GALLERIES, CLASSROOMS, AND A MAKERSPACE STUDIO. ROSE HILL PARK ALSO PROVIDES SPACE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS.IN FY 2020, THE MSV OFFERED 274 EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT SERVED 31,416 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. THE MSV OFFERED 169 YOUTH, FAMILY, AND ADULT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ATTENDED BY 4,209 PEOPLE. FOR YOUTH, NEW PROGRAMS INCLUDED TEEN ART CLUB. FOR ADULTS, 89 MSV PROGRAMS SERVED 1,436 PEOPLE. NEW PROGRAMS INCLUDED MEMORIES AT THE MSV FOR VISITORS WITH MEMORY LOSS, LUNCH AND LEARN, AND THE VIRTUAL PROGRAMS ART @ HAPPY HOUR AND HISTORY IN THE KITCHEN. CONTINUING ADULT PROGRAMS INCLUDED GALLERY TALKS, POTTERY WORKSHOPS IN THE MAKERSPACE STUDIO, GUIDED GARDEN TALKS, CURATOR-LED TALKS, AND A VARIETY OF HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS. MSV SCHOOL PROGRAMMING ENGAGED 2,893 STUDENTS OF ALL AGES. THE MSV OFFERED 33 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SERVING 9,658 PEOPLE. EVENTS INCLUDED THREE SUMMER GARDENS AT NIGHT CONCERTS IN 2019 WITH 5,186 IN ATTENDANCE AND FOUR ADMISSION-FREE EVENTS FOR FAMILIES ATTRACTED 1,677 PEOPLE. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING A HOLIDAY CONCERT SERIES, THE MSV PARTNERED WITH SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY FOR VARIOUS CONCERTS FEATURING ITS CONSERVATORY FACULTY AND STUDENTS. THE MSV PRESENTED A MONTHLY FILM SERIES FROM OCTOBER TO APRIL AND PROVIDED RENT-FREE USE OF CAMPUS PROPERTY TO A LOCAL PRESERVATION GROUP AND A REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL AND PROVIDED REDUCED OR RENT-FREE USE OF MSV SPACE TO 20 COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THANKS TO CORPORATE UNDERWRITING, 5,593 PEOPLE EXCLUSIVE OF MUSEUM MEMBERSRECEIVED FREE GENERAL ADMISSION TO THE MSV. THE MUSEUM SERVES VALLEY ARTISTS THROUGH A CONSIGNMENT PROGRAM IN ITS MUSEUM STORE AND OFFERS SPECIALTY ITEMS AND BOOKS COMPLEMENTING MSV EXHIBITIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

OUR COLLECTIONTHE MUSEUM OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY CARES FOR A PERMANENT COLLECTION CONTAINING MORE THAN 19,000 OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE FINE AND DECORATIVE ART COLLECTED BY MSV BENEFACTOR JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR., THE MINIATURE HOUSES AND ROOMS ASSEMBLED IN THE VALLEY BY GLASS'S PARTNER R. LEE TAYLOR, AND A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS AND ARTIFACTS THAT TELL THE STORY OF SHENANDOAH VALLEY. IN FY 2020, THE MSV ESTABLISHED THE GLEN BURNIE QUEER STUDIES COLLECTION AS COMPONENT OF THE MSV PERMANENT COLLECTION. THIS NEW COLLECTION CONSISTS OF THE EVERYDAY, MATERIAL LIFE OBJECTS OWNED BY JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. (1910-1992) AND R. LEE TAYLOR (1924-2000) DATING TO THEIR OCCUPANCY OF GLEN BURNIE, INCLUDING OBJECTS THAT SPEAK TO THEIR TIME AS A GAY COUPLE. IT ALSO CONTAINS SELECT OBJECTS OWNED BY THE GROUP OF FRIENDS AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY THAT SUPPORTED THEM. LOCATED ON A 214-ACRE LANDSCAPE THAT IS THE LARGEST GREEN SPACE AND ONLY WORKING FARM IN THE CITY OF WINCHESTER, THE MSV IS A REGIONAL CULTURAL CENTER THAT INCLUDES GALLERIES, THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE, AND SEVEN ACRES OF FORMAL GARDENS.THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE, THE OLDEST PORTIONS OF WHICH DATE TO 1794, IS SURROUNDED BY SEVEN ACRES OF FORMAL GARDENS WHICH WERE INSTALLED IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BY MSV BENEFACTOR JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. AND HIS PARTNER R. LEE TAYLOR. THE MUSEUM SITS ON LAND ORIGINALLY CLAIMED BY GLASS'S ANCESTOR AND WINCHESTER FOUNDER JAMES WOOD IN 1735. THE PROPERTY WAS PASSED THROUGH GENERATIONS OF WOOD AND GLASS FAMILIES UNTIL BEING ACQUIRED IN 1952 BY JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. BEGINNING IN THE 1950S, THE PROPERTY WAS EXTENSIVELY RENOVATED AND TRANSFORMED INTO A COUNTRY RETREAT. THE HOME WAS FURNISHED WITH OBJECTS PASSED THROUGH FAMILY GENERATIONS ALONG WITH EIGHTEENTH- AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY FURNITURE AND FINE ARTS ACQUIRED BY JULIAN WOOD JR. THE MSV IS SUPPORTED BY THE GLASSGLEN BURNIE FOUNDATION AND MANAGES THE PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE FOUNDATION. UPON MR. GLASS'S DEATH AND AS A CONDITION OF HIS WILL, THE HOUSE AND GARDENS WERE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON A SEASONAL BASIS IN 1997. IN 2005, THE MUSEUM OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (MSV), A 50,000 SQUARE FOOT MUSEUM BUILDING, WAS ADDED AS AN ANCHOR TO THE SITE TO FULFILL GLASS'S VISION OF SHARING HIS SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION WITH THE PUBLIC AND TO EXPAND UPON THAT VISION TO INCLUDE A SPACE WHERE THE ART, HISTORY, AND CULTURE OF THE VALLEY COULD BE INTERPRETED. FOLLOWING A TWO-YEAR RENOVATION PROJECT, THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE REOPENED IN FY 14 AS A VERSATILE SPACE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING FEATURING NEW DISPLAYS AND INTERPRETATION. THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE AND ADJACENT GARDENS ARE AMONG THE MSV'S MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTION ASSETS. IN 2014, THE MSV UNVEILED A LARGER LAND USE PLAN, THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH OUTLINED THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MSV LANDSCAPE.IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MSV COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY AND SINCE OPENING IN 2005, THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS COMMITTEE, UPON ADVICE OF THE MSV'S STAFF, ACTIVELY COLLECTS ITEMS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. THE MSV FUNDS ACQUISITION AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS WITH ITS COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ENDOWMENT AND A NEWLY FORMED GAUNT COLLECTORS SOCIETY. THE MSV BUILDING INCLUDES A COLLECTIONS STORAGE SPACE FOR ITEMS NOT ON DISPLAY. IN ADDITION TO THE MSV CAMPUS, THE MSV MANAGES THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF THE GLASS FAMILY, KNOWN AS THE ROSE HILL FARM. THE SITE INCLUDES A VERNACULAR FEDERAL-STYLE HOUSE AND IS NOTABLE FOR BEING THE LOCATION OF THE CIVIL WAR'S FIRST BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN. A RENOVATION PROJECT TO STABILIZE AND PRESERVE THE HOME WAS COMPLETED IN FY 2015 AND THE HOUSE IS RENTED TO THE MSV EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO OVERSEES ITS MAINTENANCE AND CARE. IN FY 2017, THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FREDERICK COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE HISTORIC PORTIONS OF THE ROSE HILL LANDSCAPE ADJACENT TO THE HOUSE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AS A COMMUNITY PARK FEATURING A 1.3 MILE WALKING TRAIL WITH INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE, A PARKING LOT, RESTROOMS, AND OPEN PLAY FIELDS. THE ROSE HILL PARK IS CO-MANAGED BY LEASE TO FREDERICK COUNTY.

OUR EXHIBITIONS THE MSV CONTAINS FOUR GALLERY SPACES HOUSED ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE MAIN MUSEUM BUILDING. IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY GALLERY, OBJECTS, MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATIONS, AND EXHIBITS EXPLORE THE SWEEP OF VALLEY HISTORY, AND TWO ADDITIONAL ROOMS DISPLAY CHANGING EXHIBITIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE VALLEY'S DECORATIVE ARTS AND WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY VALLEY ARTISTS. THE FOUNDERS GALLERY PRESENTS ROTATING EXHIBITIONS FEATURING OBJECTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS ASSEMBLED BY MSV BENEFACTOR JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. THE R. LEE TAYLOR MINIATURES GALLERY IS HOME TO A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF FURNISHED HOUSES AND ROOMS ASSEMBLED BY R. LEE TAYLOR, GLASS'S PARTNER AND HE MUSEUM'S LATE CURATOR OF GARDENS. THE MINIATURES GALLERY ALSO PRESENTS SHADOWBOXES CREATED BY VALLEY MINIATURES ARTIST WILLIAM P. MASSEY (ACTIVE 1930'S TO 1940'S).THE CHANGING EXHIBITIONS GALLERY, FOUNDERS GALLERY, AND SHENANDOAH VALLEY GALLERY DISPLAY CONTINUALLY CHANGING EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN ADDITION, AN EXHIBITION IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY IN THE DRAWING ROOM OF THE MSV GLEN BURNIE HOUSE. THE MSV ORGANIZES CHANGING EXHIBITIONS AND BRINGS TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS TO THE REGION WITH THE GOAL OF SERVING DIVERSE AUDIENCES. IN FY 2020, THE MSV PRESENTED 10 SEPARATE EXHIBITIONS. THE MSV PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITIONS IN THE GALLERIES DURING FY 2020: VITAL FORCE (FEBRUARY 8, 2019 - JULY 19, 2020), STEINLEN: CATS (MAY 2, 2019 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2019), TIFFANY GLASS: PAINTING WITH COLOR AND LIGHT (JUNE 1, 2019 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2019), BILL RUTHERFOORD: ALLEGORY OF NO REGION (OCTOBER 11, 2019 - JANUARY 12, 2020), REMBRANDT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES: PRINTS FROM THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE (NOVEMBER 9, 2019 - MARCH 8, 2020), GHOSTS OF A FORGOTTEN LANDSCAPE: PAINTINGS BY SALLY VEACH (JULY 13, 2019 - MARCH 15, 2020), THINGS COME APART (FEBRUARY 15, 2020 - JULY 12, 2020), DAVID ROGERS' BIG BUGS (JUNE 23, 2020 - NOVEMBER 15, 2020). THE EXHIBITION MICHAEL T. DAVIS: MODERN REALIST PAINTINGS (APRIL 1, 2019 - DECEMBER 31, 2019) WAS PRESENTED IN GLEN BURNIE HOUSE AND THE EXHIBITION GIVE ME SHELTER: SCENIC VIEWS OF THE APPALACHIAN TRIAL BY SARAH JONES DECKER (JUNE 20, 2020 - DECEMBER 31, 2020), ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR DISPLAY IN THE DRAWING ROOM OF THE HOUSE, WAS PRESENTED AS AN OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION IN THE GARDENS WHEN HOUSE WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE EXHIBITION COLLECT, PRESERVE, INTERPRET HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF THE MSV'S SHENANDOAH VALLEY COLLECTION CONTINUED ITS DISPLAY IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY GALLERY. ALONG WITH THESE MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, THE MSV PRESENTED THE WORK OF NUMEROUS CONTEMPORARY VALLEY ARTISTS THROUGH FOUR DISPLAYS IN THE MSV ART IN THE HALLS PROGRAM.

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