FAM To Unveil Full-scale Replica of Notre-Dame Truss on June 24

COOPERSTOWN—Fenimore Art Museum announced on Monday, June 16 that, next week, it will present a remarkable cultural and educational installation: a full-scale replica of Truss No. 6 from the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The ceremonial “raising” of the truss will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 24, officials said, and the truss will remain on public view on the museum’s back lawn through September 8.

This installation is part of the Handshouse Studio: Notre-Dame Project, created in the wake of the 2019 fire that destroyed the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris. In a gesture of global solidarity, Massachusetts-based Handshouse Studio launched the initiative to reconstruct one of the cathedral’s medieval trusses using traditional methods.