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May 7, 2020 · Installation. Explore more. Since its opening in 1939, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden has been one of NYC’s most beloved green spaces. It was conceived as an outdoor gallery for changing installations that would bring nature, architecture, and art together in a new way. In 1953, the Sculpture Garden was redesigned by Philip Johnson, the first director of the architecture ...
After a courtship that lasted five years, Abby Aldrich married John D. Rockefeller at a lavish wedding ceremony on Warwick Neck, Rhode Island on October 9, 1901.
Plan Your Visit. Located on 1400 acres between Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine, the Preserve has numerous trails to hike, Little Long Pond to explore, and three beautiful gardens to enjoy. Reservations for Preserve activities, including Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden visits, open for members ...
MARJORIE SCHWARZER: While John D. Rockefeller was founding Colonial Williamsburg down in Virginia, his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, was founding the nation's most-important contemporary-art museum. DAVID ROCKEFELLER: I was the youngest of six children, so I spent a lot of time with Mother, visiting museums and seeing paintings.
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The Museum of Modern Art under construction in 1939. Photo courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center. New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opened in 1929 through the efforts of three women, including Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, mother of the five founding RBF trustees. It has been a significant interest of the Rockefeller family ever since.
Jan 1, 2000 · Abby Aldrich Rockefeller used her public role as the daughter and wife of well-known and powerful men of politics and industry to exercise philanthropic leadership. She was a cultural reformer, her mission to democratize the art to which she had been so privileged. Art, she believed, had the power to transform lives.
John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fifth child and only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest ...
