ABC’s David Muir shares personal family message as he marks bittersweet end of an era

David Muir’s family legacy was placed on show on the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse just lately, due to their long-running exhibition of his uncle Doug Muir’s famed work in images.

The ABC News anchor, 49, was full of delight when the exhibition opened again in May, reuniting with members of his family in his hometown of Syracuse, New York to kick issues off.

Now, over a month later, the gallery, titled Doug Muir: Coming Home, can be coming to an in depth, with David taking to his Instagram Stories with a uncommon personal message on behalf of your entire family.

“Last day to view – what an extraordinary run at the @eversonmuseum,” he wrote. “The Muir family is grateful to the community and most of all to the tireless team at the Everson Museum of Art.”

Alongside his message was one of the images from the exhibition, an lovely shot of a younger David in 1976, when he was only a three-year-old, sporting a bowl reduce whereas shielding himself from the digital camera.

The images can be on show on the Everson Museum until September 3, though a couple of will stay as half of their everlasting assortment. A majority of the late Doug’s works are housed on the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Alongside a show of the images, a documentary on the prolific photographer will even play, produced by none apart from David himself, who was current at an occasion commemorating the gallery again in July.

He was joined by his cousin Heather, Doug’s daughter, and shared images from the ceremony at which they offered scholarships to a number of younger photographers and artists in his uncle’s identify.

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“This is my cousin Heather Muir and me on stage at the Everson Museum of Art,” David penned. “Our hearts are still full after a record turnout to celebrate the work of her father, my uncle, the late photographer, Doug Muir. 

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“We announced the first annual Doug Muir Photography/Art scholarships honoring the next generation of artists in the Syracuse City School District and surrounding community.”

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Doug was famend for his pictures that spanned a number of many years and a spread of outstanding occasions, from the Vietnam War to Mick Jagger’s notorious altercation on the Syracuse War Memorial in 1966.

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The World News Tonight anchor had beforehand described his uncle as a “whip-smart, talented, gentle soul” whereas sharing extra reminiscences of their time collectively and extra images he’d taken of their family.

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He beforehand shared some downright lovely pictures of his childhood spent together with his cousins in upstate New York alongside his personal father and others, taking part in within the solar.

David wrote alongside these: “Coffee with my Dad, 1976. These are photographs taken by my late uncle, Doug Muir. I’m so proud that his work – from New York to California to Texas, and all over the world – is coming home.”

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