Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua Institution The Chautauqua Cinema is located on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in western NY. The 110-year-old Higgins Memorial Hall was used by the Institution as a meeting place and performance hall, including some film showings, until it was converted into a movie theater by the Schmidt family in 1956. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chautauqua Cinema"
The Chautauqua Institution is a non-profit adult education center and summer resort in Chautauqua, New York. It was founded in 1874 by inventor Lewis Miller and Methodist Bishop John Heyl Vincent as a camp for Sunday school teachers. The Institution has operated each summer since then, gradually expanding its season length and program offerings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chautauqua Institution"
The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra is the resident summer orchestra of Chautauqua Institution. It plays concerts on most Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights throughout the Institution's nine-week season. The CSO draws its members from professional orchestras all over the country, and even some from outside the U.S. Nearly all of its violinists (and one violist!) are concertmasters of their home orchestras, demonstrating the caliber of musicians that come to play in this professional summer orchestra. Some of the musicians have been playing with the CSO for more than 45 years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra"
Chautauqua, Illinois also known as New Piasa Chautauqua is a private gated summer resort that started as an 19th century tent Chautauqua. The name Piasa is taken from an Indian painting of a mythical bird, the Piasa bird painted on the bluffs high above the Mississippi River. It is located in two prinicpal valleys on the Mississippi River. It is between Elsah, Illinois and Grafton, Illinois in Jersey County. Today it is bordered by and has access from the River Road. It has functioned as a private non-denominational Christian summer resort for over a century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chautauqua, Illinois"
Lewis Miller was an Ohio businessman who made a fortune in the late 19th century as inventor of the first combine (harvester-reaper machine) with the blade mounted efficiently in front of the horse rather than pulled behind it. He devoted much of his wealth to charitable causes associated with the Methodist Church, and was the inventor of the "Akron plan" for Sunday schools, a building layout with a central assembly hall surrounded by small classrooms. In 1874, interested in improving the training of Sunday school teachers, he worked with John Heyl Vincent to found what is now the Chautauqua Institution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lewis Miller"
The Massey Memorial Organ is located on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution. It is the largest outdoor pipe organ in the world, with 5640 pipes. The organ was built in Chautauqua's 5000-seat wooden Amphitheater in 1907 by a donation from the Massey family of Toronto. ...more on Wikipedia about "Massey Memorial Organ"
Palestine Park is located on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in western NY. The park is a scale-model of the Holy Land, including tiny cities, hills, rivers, and seas in approximately correct geographical location. Palestine Park is laid out along the shores of Chautauqua Lake (which takes the place of the Mediterranean Sea). The park was one of Chatauqua's first landmarks and was originally designed to teach biblical geography to the Sunday School teachers that were Chatauqua's first visitors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Palestine Park"
Smith Memorial Library is a member of the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System. It is located on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in western NY. ...more on Wikipedia about "Smith Memorial Library"
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