The Town of Chester Public Library’s Ruplin Gallery was named in 2003 after Ferdinand Ruplin, a very generous early supporter of the Library. The gallery is located just inside the main entrance to the Library. 

The Ruplin Gallery
2025 Exhibits

January
Gallery: Schroon Lake Art Students

Display Case: Schroon Lake Art Students

February
Gallery: North Warren elementary art students

Display Case: North Warren elementary art students

March

Gallery: North Warren high school art students

Display Case: North Warren high school art students

April
Ojibwa culture demonstrated by the non-indigenous craftsman Thomas Mowatt

Wall Art and Basketry in both the Gallery and the Display Case

May
Gallery: Warren County Master Gardeners Cornell Cooperative Extension 

Display Case: Native American Artifacts and his own work by David Lapell

June
Gallery: Dennis Wilson, chip carvings

Display Case: Adirondack Folk School

July
Gallery: Photographs by Photo Historian Laura Seldman, co-author of The Underground Railroad in the Adirondacks

Display Case: Donald Yanwely's private collection of lunch boxes

August
Gallery: Drawings, wood cuts and theatrical design photos by Clarke and Barbara Dunham

Display Case: Theater Programs for Broadway Plays

September
Gallery: Paul Edmunds, Photographs of Loons

Display Case: Lisa Collado, collages

October
Gallery: Fine Art Pastels by Joann Quinlivan

Display Case: Cross Stitching 

November
Gallery: Paintings and Photography by Stevie Latham 

Display Case: Paintings and Photography by Stevie Latham 

December
Gallery: Paintings by Phyillis Brown

Display Case: Christmas Ornaments from the private collection of Ann Coberg

Updated 6/3/25