Impressive and Totally Bizarre

The set of Will and Grace now lives encased in glass in the library where I go to school. I walk by it on my way to the "quiet study area" (Emerson student are not naturally a quiet bunch). I am simultaneously delighted and disturbed by it's presence. Here is what the officials have to say:

A permanent exhibit of the set of the path-breaking NBC television comedy Will & Grace, the first network series with a gay principal character from the outset, has been installed at Emerson College, which offers academic programs in communication and the arts. The set was gift to the college from alumnus Max Mutchnick, co-creator and executive producer of the series and a college Trustee.

Mutchnick is one of the numerous Emerson graduates prominent in the entertainment industry. Others include Kevin Bright, executive producer of Friends an also a college Trustee, actors Denis Leary and Henry Winkler, producers Norman Lear (All in the Family) and Vin Di Bona (America's Funniest Home Videos), and talk show host Jay Leno.

The iconic set, depicting an upscale New York City apartment inhabited by Will Truman and Grace Adler, is located in the Emerson College Library, near the school's media collection. Space for the display was created in the library as part of a multi-level "light well" project that created additional study spaces on the 4th, 5th and 6th floors of the Walker Building. The Will & Grace set is located on the 3rd floor. The project has added approximately 2,000 square feet of library space.

"The Library's new spaces were designed in response to requests from students for more quiet study space, more group study rooms and improved media viewing facilities," explained the Library's Executive Director Robert Fleming. "Filling in the light well in the Walker Building allowed us to add 80 new study seats and to reunite the Library's print and media collections, so that all of our materials, regardless of format, are available under one roof. I hope that having the Will & Grace set in the Library will inspire current students to imagine what they might accomplish in the future."