It is with deep sadness we share the news that Mansfield Bascom, Co-Founder of the Wharton Esherick Museum, passed away

Solid wood -- and sometimes curving -- bookshelves line the walls of Wharton's bedroom.   This month we

Left: Library Ladder, Wharton Esherick, 1969, walnut. Photo by Eoin O'Neill. Right: Doris, Wharton Esherick, 1920, plaster. In

Installation view of Esherick's 1958-1959 retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Featured in the image are Darling (1940);

This May we kicked off an exciting new social media series, Creatives on Esherick, inviting contemporary artists, makers, and scholars

As our temporary closure has continued, we have continued to find new ways to share the inspiration inherent in Esherick’s