CANCELLED: Day trip – Museum without Glass: The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
We apologize for the inconvenience, this event has been cancelled. In consideration of the health and safety of visitors, volunteers, and staff, Mia is temporarily closed to the public.
Please join fellow Mia Library Affinity Group members for an exclusive day-long tour of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) and the architecture of Marcel Breuer on the campus of St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minn. Julie L’Enfant, a Minnesota Book Award winner, will accompany the group and will present two half-hour talks on the bus to and from Collegeville. The first will be an introduction to Marcel Breuer and the architecture of St. John’s, and the second will be a discussion of Breuer’s other projects, which included private homes. Tim Ternes, director, the St. John’s Bible Project and HMML programming, will guide us through the abbey church and St. John’s Bible Gallery; Melissa Moreton, PhD, assistant director for strategic development (and an expert on historical bindings), and Matthew Heintzelman, PhD, curator and cataloguer of rare books, will give us an insider’s view of St. John’s rare-book collection.
The program includes round-trip transportation from Mia to Collegeville on a private chartered bus; admission to the library and museum with presentations by Tim Ternes, Melissa Moreton, and Matthew Heintzelman; two half-hour lectures on the bus (to and from Collegeville) by writer Julie L’Enfant; a visit to Marcel Breuer’s abbey church, where you will have the option of observing noon prayer with the monastic community; refreshments on the bus; and buffet lunch in a private dining room on campus.
Schedule:
7:30–7:55am: Board bus at Mia’s Third Avenue entrance; complimentary coffee available
8am: Bus leaves promptly
8:30–9am: Half-hour lecture. Julie L’Enfant, “Introduction to Marcel Breuer and the Architecture of St. John’s”
9:30am: Arrive at St. John’s
9:45–10:15am: Greeting and orientation. Tim Ternes will describe the campus and its ideology and the architecture of Breuer’s Alcuin Library.
10:20–11:35am: Morning session, Alcuin Library
Group 1: St. John’s Bible, with Tim Ternes
Group 2: Rare books, with Melissa Moreton and Matthew Heintzelman
11:35am: Walk to abbey church; we must be seated and ready for prayer by 11:50 a.m.
Noon: Noon prayer with monastic community. All are welcome; you do not need to be a practicing Christian. Those not wishing to attend may explore the Great Hall. Noon prayer lasts 15 minutes.
12:15–12:30pm: Brief introduction to the abbey church, Tim Ternes
12:30–1:20pm: Lunch, Founders Room, Great Hall
1:30–2:45pm: Afternoon session, Alcuin Library
Group 1: Rare books, with Melissa Moreton and Matthew Heintzelman
Group 2: St. John’s Bible, with Tim Ternes.
3pm: Bus departs Saint John’s near Alcuin library back to Mia.
3:15–3:45pm: Half-hour lecture. Julie L’Enfant, “Marcel Breuer’s Architecture”
4:15–4:30pm: Bus arrives at Mia
Please register online or at Mia’s box office no later than Thursday, April 23. All reservations are considered final; fees are nonrefundable.
Presented by the Library Affinity Group in honor of Preservation Week, an initiative of the American Library Association.