THE LEGACY NEWS f r o m THE M.S. HERSHEYFOUNDATION I SPRING/SUMMER 2014 I I S S U E 1 8 New Special Exhibit Now Open! Mr. Hershey Needs Your Help inRoast His Cocoa Beans Factory! Push the Bathtub Truck “Knock-Out” Chocolate Bars Hershey Gardens Butterfly House Weigh Hershey’s Kisses Opens Friday, May 23! Stamp your Training Card - You’re Hired! Flutter by Hershey Gardens Butterfly House this summer! You’ll be welcomed by 350-400 butterflies representing 25 varieties. Now in its 17th season, the outdoor butterfly house features nectar plants for food, as well as host plants for Special Exhibit egg laying and caterpillar feeding. Discover the entire lifecycle of the butterfly, includ- Open through November 9, 2014 ing the popular chrysalis box, which holds What ingredients helped the world’s more than 100 emerging butterflies. largest chocolate factory to succeed? This summer brings a relative newcomer Fresh milk, cocoa beans and workers! to the Butterfly House: the blue Common The Hershey Story’s special exhibit Buckeye (Junonia coenia). “The Buckeye isn’t explores life in Mr. Hershey’s chocolate a new butterfly for us, but we’ve recently factory from 1905 through 1925. been receiving it with blue wings instead of brown,” said John Fortino, Butterfly House the hershey story coordinator. the museum on chocolate avenue “Although blue is often seen in the spots on Buckeye butterfly wings, a Buckeye with a blue background on its wings is quite un- FREE Summer Fun for the Whole Family usual,” said Edith Smith from Shady Oak Butterfly Farm in Brooker, Florida. “Each at ChocolateTown Square! time a Buckeye butterfly with blue in the Presented by The Hershey Story background of its wings emerged, we Wednesday, July 2 at Noon Wednesday, July 16 at Noon would isolate it and collect the eggs. As ZooAmerica presents “Paws, Claws, Scales The Song Imagineer: Ray Owen time passed, each generation would bring and Tails” All aboard! Join us on a whirlwind tour through more Buckeyes with this iridescent blue in How do animals survive in the wild? Kids will some of the most creative, zany and downright the background of the wings,” said Smith. learn how animals use their paws, claws, scales and hilarious songs and stories dreamed up anywhere “After several generations, the hindwings tails to do everything from eating to swimming to down the line. began to reveal more blue. By continually escaping predators. isolating these butterflies, Buckeye butter- Wednesday, July 23 at Noon flies began to emerge with the entire back- Wednesday, July 9 at Noon Laugh Crew ground of their wings a remarkable metallic Join the Laugh Crew as blue.” Popcorn Hat Players present “Aesop’s Fables” they entertain and educate “The Common Buckeye has bold eye- A delightful audiences of all ages with spots on its forewings, which is how it got assortment of their songs, puppets and hilarity. ey stop at its name,” said Fortino. “It is native to the Aesop’s famous nothing to put a smile on your face! southern U.S. and coastal California, but is fables! Children will laugh at the migratory through the rest of the states and Wednesday, July 30 at Noon antics of Aesop’s southern Canada.” Miss Maggie Sings: Stay Healthy The Butterfly House is open daily from 9 crazy characters Miss Maggie combines singing, guitar, percus- a.m. to 5 p.m., May 23 through September and learn some valuable lessons along the way! sion, poems and stories to entertain and teach 14, and is included in general admission. Sponsored by Hershey Rotary Club children about staying healthy. In case of inclement weather, visitors are encouraged to call 717.534.3492 or visit Chocolatetown Square is located in downtown Hershey at Cocoa and Chocolate Avenues. In the event of inclement weather, performances HersheyGardens.org. will take place at The Hershey Story. THELEGACY MSHersheyFoundation.org Mr. Hershey’s Crystal Torchère Undergoes Conservation Many Hershey Story visitors are awed by the crystal torchère - once owned by Milton While the torchère is being conserved, Hershey - that is on display in the Museum Hershey Story guests can get an Experience. Made in 1893 by L. Strauss & up-close view of select torchère pieces Sons of New York, the torchère was the cen- terpiece of their display at the 1893 that will be on display. Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The torchère is 12 feet tall and weighs 600 pounds. It features 30 electric lights and over 1,200 pieces of cut glass. “It is quite impres- sive, which is exactly why Mr. Hershey bought it in 1901,” said Valerie Seiber, collec- tions manager. During its long history, the torchère has traveled from New York to Chicago and back to New York. Then it was moved to Philadel- phia, and finally to the town of Hershey in 1909 when it was installed in the foyer of High Point mansion, the home of Milton and Catherine Hershey. In his later years, Mr. Hershey desired a safe place for the massive but delicate torchère to be displayed. As a result, it was moved to the former Hershey Museum in 1938, and then moved down- The torchère on display at Hershey Museum, 2008 town in 2008 when the museum collection relocated to The Hershey Story. The torchère In February 2014, staff was alerted to a crack has been on loan from Milton Hershey in one of the large pieces that makes up the main School since 1977. shaft. The following day, it was dismantled, so “With all those moves, it’s surprising that the crack could be evaluated. Damaged piece of the torchère, 2014 the 1,200 pieces have remained relatively in- “We called in a conservator who had previ- sustained an impact which fractured the glass tact,” said Seiber. “In 1938, the museum’s ously repaired a break in the torchère,” said into several pieces.” caretaker began a tradition of signing the Seiber. “It was clear that the epoxy used for a pre- The museum’s curatorial staff will oversee the torchère’s concrete base each time it was vious repair had failed.” repair work by a professional conservator and cleaned or moved,” said Seiber. “We’ve con- “While researching its history, we found that clean the torchère before it is put back on display. tinued that tradition and are now marking the original damage to the piece occurred in “It may take several months until it is back on ex- the 15th cleaning.” 1971 during a routine cleaning,” said Seiber. “It hibit,” said Seiber. The Intrigue Behind the Shadow Box he focal point of The Hershey Story’s Milton Hershey The photos pinned to Grand Lobby is a two-story “trompe opened his first busi- the back of the box are of T l’oeil” (trick the eye) mural that spans the ness in Philadelphia in his mother and father, lobby. The mural, which celebrates Milton 1876. Fanny Snavely and Hershey and his life, features him sitting on “Resting on the Henry Hershey, and his stone steps surrounded by Milton Hershey middle shelf is a ticket wife, Catherine “Kitty” School students. to the Centennial Sweeney. If you look On one side of the mural is an interesting Exposition that also closely at the photo of and curious painting of a “shadow box” filled opened in 1876 in Henry, he is standing next with an assortment of items. The box appears to Philadelphia,” ex- to a pear tree, so a pear be set into a limestone wall, which represents plained Bischof. “The was also included in the the limestone foundation of The Homestead, candy jar and other assemblage. Milton Hershey’s birthplace. glass jars would have Flowers and green “Most guests correctly assume that the items been found in early space were always impor- in the box reflect Milton Hershey, but few confectionery shops tant to the Hersheys. know that most of the items represent his life and represent Milton The artist clipped a before Hershey, Pennsylvania was founded,” Hershey’s apprentice- magnolia from Hershey said Amy Bischof, director of The Hershey ship and early business Gardens and included it Story. “Each item represents something mean- experiences.” as a tribute to their love of ingful or significant.” There are also horticulture. “The redware pitcher, pewter candlestick, hand-written letters in “The shadow box is an pitcher and lamp that hangs from the shelf are the box. “Milton amazing display of the reminiscent of our Pennsylvania German col- Hershey wrote letters The Hershey Story’s lobby mural features a shadow box filled with artist’s talent, but it also lection, purchased by Milton Hershey, and rep- to his uncle, Abraham items significant to Milton Hershey. provides important in- resents his heritage,” said Bischof. “The school Snavely, asking for money to help keep his first sight into the Hersheys’ family background,” said primer book represents his limited formal business afloat,” said Bischof. “Unfortunately, this Bischof. schooling.” early business failed.” 2 SPRING/SUMMER 2014 I I S S U E 1 8 No Small Task: Moving the Museum’s Largest Artifacts The steam pumper, used by the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company, was secured to a trailer prior to 3,000-pound stones were reassembled in a melangeur, a piece of chocolate-making machinery. moving. “We had to be precise as to where each object would be placed in the art of The Hershey Story’s mission is to preserve artifacts for future new facility,” said Seiber. “There was little room for error or second Pgenerations. Since the museum tells the story of how Milton Her- chances when moving such large objects.” shey made milk chocolate, it maintains chocolate-making equip- The Museum hired a professional hauling and rigging company to ment as part of its permanent collection.