Unique Experiences
Behind the Scenes Cathedral Tour and Textile Conservation Laboratory Visit
- Item Number
- 126
- Estimated Value
- 470 USD
- Leading Bid
- 157 USD
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
Guided highlights or vertical tour of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, including a visit to the Textile Conservation Laboratory, as available.
Choose between:
Highlights Tour: Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and magnificently restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
Vertical Tour: Climb more than 124 feet through spiral staircases to the top of the world’s largest cathedral. Get a close look at the magnificent stained glass windows and study the grand architecture of the nave while standing on a buttress. The tour culminates on the roof with a wonderful view of the Morningside Heights area of Manhattan.
The Textile Laboratory is a world-class institution for the conservation of delicate tapestries and fabrics of antiquity. Two tapestry collections from the 17th century are conserved and displayed at the Cathedral. The Life of Christ from the Barberini looms of Italy were woven for the nephew of Pope Urban VIII and were made in Italy when most tapestries were woven in northern Europe. The Acts of the Apostles, are based on cartoons by Raphael and were woven in a workshop in England in the late 1600's. America's leading museums have become regular clientele of the Laboratory, as have private collectors of ancient to modern textiles.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Located in Manhattan's Morningside Heights, the cathedral, designed in 1888 and begun in 1892, has, in its history, undergone radical stylistic changes and the interruption of the two World Wars. Originally designed as Byzantine-Romanesque, the plan was changed after 1909 to a Gothic design. After a large fire on December 18, 2001, it was closed for repairs and reopened in November 2008.
For up to 10 people
Date to be coordinated with auction winner
Tour lasts approximately one hour
Courtesy of the Public Education and Visitor Services Department of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
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