I can't tell you how gratified I am -- and impressed. I'm a tourguide at Arrowhead, and (for now at least) having Herman's bust (on a newly-restored base) in his study feels exactly right. Visitors really love it! It will be nice to get the Pearl St. site memorialized again, but in the meantime, you have done an amazing service to the community. The only problem : I don't have enough time on the tour to recount the saga of its return properly -- I'm thinking about getting a QR code generated, to print and hand out, to point back to these posts.
Thank you for your comment, Matt! It’s been very gratifying to see one of these deep dives have some real world impact. I’d love to see a photo of the bust, I haven’t seen it post-restoration or where it ended up in Arrowhead!
I got so invested in this saga lol. Glad to hear the bust is in the right hands now! But does this mean we won’t have something commemorating Melville in NYC any time soon? Everything Melville continues to end up in Massachusetts 😅
Unfortunately, it looks like there won't be a Melville statue/marker in NYC anytime soon, but never say never! It goes without saying I'll keep everyone posted if I hear any news!
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I can't tell you how gratified I am -- and impressed. I'm a tourguide at Arrowhead, and (for now at least) having Herman's bust (on a newly-restored base) in his study feels exactly right. Visitors really love it! It will be nice to get the Pearl St. site memorialized again, but in the meantime, you have done an amazing service to the community. The only problem : I don't have enough time on the tour to recount the saga of its return properly -- I'm thinking about getting a QR code generated, to print and hand out, to point back to these posts.
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Thank you for your comment, Matt! It’s been very gratifying to see one of these deep dives have some real world impact. I’d love to see a photo of the bust, I haven’t seen it post-restoration or where it ended up in Arrowhead!
I got so invested in this saga lol. Glad to hear the bust is in the right hands now! But does this mean we won’t have something commemorating Melville in NYC any time soon? Everything Melville continues to end up in Massachusetts 😅
Unfortunately, it looks like there won't be a Melville statue/marker in NYC anytime soon, but never say never! It goes without saying I'll keep everyone posted if I hear any news!