Ridgefield Looks To Pursue Sendak Museum After Schlumberger Land Sale

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Ridgefield residents voted to approve the sale of a portion of the former Schlumberger property last month, which could help pave the way for a Maurice Sendak museum, according to newstimes.com.

Plans for a Maurice Sendak museum may be moving forward with the sale of part of the former Schluberger property.
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Joe Jenkins

03/17/2015 4:30 a.m.

The town hopes to put the museum in the vacant glass structure on the Schlumberger property, which was designed by Philip Johnson and formerly occupied by an oil exploration company, newstimes.com said.

The town sold 10 acres to Charter Group Partners for $4.3 million. The company hopes to build single family homes and townhouses for residents over 55 years old.

Sendak, the children's author best-known for "Where the Wild Things Are," lived in Ridgefield for 40 years.

Plans for a museum to honor the author in Ridgefield have been in the making for a long time, but got held up when legal disputes between his foundation and Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum and Library over the ownership of his collection erupted.

The Rosenbach Museum and Library agreed to return nearly 98 percent of Sendak's collection to his foundation in September last year.

Read the full story here at the News Times.

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