11 Jul New Ticonderoga Pencil Sculpture To Be Unveiled
The Ticonderoga Heritage Museum & Visitor Center will hold a dedication ceremony and celebration for its new Pencil Sculpture on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at 4:30 PM in front of the Museum located at 137 Montcalm Street near the entrance to Percy Thompson Bicentennial Park in Downtown Ticonderoga, New York. As part of the ceremony a ribbon cutting in coordination with the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce will be held.
The mission of the Ticonderoga Heritage Museum is to advance the awareness and appreciation of the industrial history of Ticonderoga through preservation and interpretation. The sculpture significantly aids in the advancement of this mission as it symbolizes a part of Ticonderoga’s industrial heritage.
The Pencil Sculpture is composed of six Dixon Ticonderoga No.2 yellow pencils in a conical style circular arrangement, and is the work of artist and designer Chris Sharp, fabricated by Richard Bertsche, and painted by A&S Customs Autobody & Repair and Ron Pritt with generous funding donated by Denise Huestis, a former Museum Trustee and continuing supporter of the Heritage Museum. American Graphite, once a thriving business here, mined and refined the graphite which went into the production of these pencils, and which gave them their still famous name. This sculpture is intended to memorialize this important piece of Ticonderoga’s industrial heritage.
Following the approximate 30-minute ceremony, the museum will be open for light refreshments and for all to view the exhibits which illustrate Ticonderoga’s industrial history along La Chute River.
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About the Ticonderoga Heritage Museum:
OUR HERITAGE:
The industrial history of Ticonderoga cannot be told without describing paper mills, graphite mining, and pencils. The Heritage Museum preserves and interprets that history. Housed in the “1888 building,” the museum is the last remaining structure of the Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company that once covered the area now known as the Percy Thompson Bicentennial Park. The museum also hosts a Heritage Visitor Center along the Lakes to Locks Passage, with information about local points of interest.
THE MUSEUM OFFERS:
- Historically accurate exhibits
- Creative children’s workshops
- Industry walking tours
- Summer children’s programs
- Collections management activities
- Displays and exhibits which interpret the manufacturing techniques and the history of Ticonderoga Pulp & Paper Company, International Paper Company, American Graphite Company, Delaware & Hudson Railroad (Baldwin & Ticonderoga Branches), and other area industries