If the committee opens the museum in Ridgefield, it will be fulfilling Maurice Sendak's wishes.
Since Maurice Sendak's death in 2012, the community around his home in Ridgefield, Connecticut has wondered how to commemorate his life and work. Now, a team of artists and community members have come together to create a museum honoring the writer and illustrator’s life and work.
The exploratory committee is still in its early stages, but it has a clear vision for the museum.
Jennifer Mathy, one of three members of a feasibility committee for the Sendak Museum, gave an update on WNPR'sColin McEnroe Show.
“Any narrative about Maurice Sendak will not only include his work, and his life, and his legacy, but a look to the past, to the people who influenced him, and the people he has influenced,” Mathy said.
The town hopes to house the museum in the Schlumberger Administration Building, designed by renowned architect Philip Johnson.
The building, which includes space for both a museum and a children’s theater, has been vacant since 2006. If the committee follows through on its intentions to open a museum in Ridgefield, they will be fulfilling Sendak’s wishes expressed in his will.
Julia Pistell is an intern at WNPR.