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Museum of Russian Icons
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The Museum of Russian Icons was founded as a non-profit educational museum by Gordon Lankton. The collection includes about 340 Russian icons, the largest collection of its kind in North America. It is one of the largest private collections outside of Russia. The collection spans six centuries, and includes important historical icons dating from the earliest periods of icon painting up to the present. |
Address: Clinton, MA, 01510
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 Museum of Russian Icons
The Museum of Russian Icons was founded as a non-profit educational museum by Gordon Lankton, an avid collector of Russian icons who also is chairman of Nypro Inc, a Clinton-based plastics company with 55 operations in 18 countries. Mr. Lankton owns over 350 Russian icons, the largest such collection in North America and one of the largest outside of Russia, most of which will be on display after first time. His collection spans six centuries, and includes important historical icons dating from the earliest periods of icon painting up to the present.
Step inside, where technology has married art, and you begin to see what an integrated photovoltaic, timber-framed truss roof system can do. The building is self-sufficient for electricity, with 44 photovoltaic panels each capable of 13 KW hours powering low voltage fluorescent and LED (light emitting diode) lighting in multiple colors that bring the canvas-covered, expansive walls to life. The photovoltaic system is connected to a public electricity grid co-generation system, through which the building actually has provided extra power that has been purchased by the local utility since the power system was turned on two months ago. Heat is by natural gas.
The Museum spans all three floors of the 4,800 sq. ft. building. The top floor is the main gallery; the middle floor has galleries, a conference room and offices; and the bottom floor houses a cafe, mechanical rooms, rest rooms and more gallery space. The levels are connected by custom-designed, sweeping metal and glass stairways that allow visual access to all three floors from any place in the museum. The floors also are all connected by an elevator; the building is totally ADA compliant.
Museum of Russian Icons Education
Russian Icons offer many avenues for education. The collection spans hundreds of years of history. The museum displays and staff are highly informative sources of information for guided and self-guided museum experiences. The library collection includes written materials as well as audio and video resources.
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