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Julie Siglin looks at the sculptures displayed in Wharton Esherick's home studio. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Wharton Esherick Museum, tucked into the woods of Valley Forge Mountain outside Malvern, Pennsylvania, has received a $10 million endowment gift from the Windgate Foundation.
The artist house and studio museum of the seminal woodworker of the American Studio Craft Movement normally operates on an annual budget of $400,000. This gift is 25 times that amount.
“This is completely transformational,” said executive director Julie Siglin. “It’s an endowment. We will be able to draw 4% [annually,] which is our existing budget.”
Julie Siglin, executive director of the Wharton Esherick Museum stands at the entrance to the artist’s home studio. (Emma Lee/WHYY)