Morven Museum & Garden is set to host the exhibit “Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Couple of an Age” from November 13, 2015 to October 23, 2016. Visitors can view the exhibit from Wednesday through Sunday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 55 Stockton Street in Princeton.
Morven Museum & Garden is set to host the exhibit “Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Couple of an Age” from November 13, 2015 to October 23, 2016. Visitors can view the exhibit from Wednesday through Sunday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 55 Stockton Street in Princeton.
A single feat by Charles Lindbergh in 1927 changed his life and the world forever. Against all odds and with the support of a very few, he flew alone in a single-engine plane across the wide Atlantic Ocean by dead reckoning. No one anticipated the fame that followed. Lindbergh became the first media celebrity of our modern world, quickly surpassing the Prince of Wales as the most photographed man on earth.
Into an era of tabloid journalism, crime syndicates, police corruption, poverty and desperation‑‑a time when it seemed people would do almost anything for a buck‑ stepped Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She was small, shy, sensitive and bookish‑‑an Ambassador’s daughter and top Smith College graduate from a warm loving family. He was tall, deeply reserved, and independent—an outdoorsman from the mid-West who grew up an only child. Fresh-faced and squeaky clean, they were a breath of fresh air and the world couldn’t get enough of them.
The lives of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. (1902-1974) and Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001) collided with their times to disastrous effect more than once and at great personal cost. Their story unfolded against the highs and lows of the 20th century: from the early days of aviation to the space age; from faith in the infallibility of scientific progress to despair at its impact upon the natural world; from the era of spousal subservience to the feminist movement. All these and more formed the cultural backdrop to their 45-year marriage and are mirrored in their relationship with each other and with the world-at-large.
Many biographers have been drawn to Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh but few have focused on their intertwined lives, their life-long partnership that survived tragedy, loss, and controversy. The Lindberghs were hounded by the press, first for their accomplishments and then for the headline-capturing kidnapping and death of their toddler son. The crime and subsequent trial kept them in the public eye. And even though they fled to Europe to escape media attention, Charles Lindbergh’s fascination with Hitler’s Germany and his role in the isolationist America First movement before the nation’s entry into World War II ensured their place on the front page.
Spanning the twentieth century, the exhibition is the first to explore the Lindberghs as a couple, examining Charles and Anne as complicated and imperfect American icons. Morven Museum & Garden will present the story of the Lindberghs using photographs, rarely-seen objects, select text, audio, video and other interactive components.
For more information, visit morven.org or call (609) 924-8144.
,
