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Spencer Museum of Art

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Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Phone:
+1 785-864-4710

Hours:
Sunday12pm - 4pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 8pm
Thursday10am - 8pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday10am - 4pm


Spencer Trask was an American financier, philanthropist, and venture capitalist. Beginning in the 1870s, Trask began investing and supporting entrepreneurs, including Thomas Edison's invention of the electric light bulb and his electricity network. In 1896 he reorganized The New York Times, becoming its majority shareholder and chairman. Along with his financial acumen, Trask was a generous philanthropist, a leading patron of the arts, a strong supporter of education, and a champion of humanitarian causes. His gifts to his alma mater, Princeton University, set a lecture series in his name that still continues to this day. He was also an initial trustee of the Teachers' College and St. Stephen's College.
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