The Norton Museum
April 23, 2009

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Ann's Legacy In 1977 Ann Weaver Norton had the foresight to establish a foundation: Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, Inc. Ann sought to preserve and conserve the historically significant art studio, the sculpture gardens and the atchitecture that comprise this unique national and local treasure. Ann lived and worked at 253 Barcelona Road, West Palm Beach for 34 years until the time of her death in 1982. The Gardens is now operated as a private foundation supported by an open membership and an elective Board of Trustees.
Historic Home Re-designed in 1934 by Palm Beach Architect Marion Sims Wyeth, the modest home features signature Wyeth details, such as coquina pathways, pecky cypress ceilings and beautiful gardens. In 1948 Ralph Norton invited Wyeth to design a studio for his wife Ann. The home, studio and gardens were added to the National REgister of Historic Places in 1995.	The Artist's Studio Created over four decades, Ann Norton's works in bronze, stone, and wood inhabit the studio like a forest, alluring the visitor. Guests are greeted by larger then life models, armatures, and studies done for her largen works. Ann's spirit pervades the studio through her Northern Cedar works, which are profoundly modern, yet evoke a time past.	The Sculpture Gardens The great secret of the gardens, hidden from the outside world by green foliage, is the monumenta sculpture. The vast, silent, miysterious forms, built in situ over a period of 15 years, were intended to be discovered as surprises amid the dense, jungle like vegetation.