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Bruce Museum - Greenwich
Gateway to Fairfield County offering over twelve changing exhibitions of fine art, photography, ethnology and natural science in park setting near Long Island Sound. Walking distance to luxury hotel and Greenwich shops and boutiques.
Note: $25 Art Pass is NOT valid May 22-23 and October 9-10, 2010. [Fairfield County]
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Florence Griswold Museum - Old Lyme
Known as the home of American Impressionism with one of the foremost collections of Impressionism in America. Riverfront gallery includes major works by Childe Hassam, John Henry Twachtman and Willard Metcalf. Recently renovated boardinghouse surrounded by landscaped gardens was once home of the Lyme Art Colony, where noted names in American Impressionism created some of their best works. [Mystic Country]
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Greenwich Historical Society/Bush-Holley Historic Site - Cos Cob/Greenwich
Bush-Holley House is the centerpiece of the Greenwich Historical Society's site on Cos Cob Harbor in Greenwich. A unique presentation provides visitors with two distinct time periods -- the New Nation (1790-1825) and the Cos Cob Art Colony (1890-1920). Eight evocative, well-documented rooms within the house feature art, furnishings and objects from these two periods, while the historic buildings, landscape and gardens evoke the turn of the twentieth century when Cos Cob became an art colony and cradle of American Impressionism. The Storehouse museum gallery features changing exhibitions. [Fairfield County]
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Lyman Allyn Art Museum - New London
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s collection is the most significant art collection in Southeastern Connecticut. It is the only museum in the area to offer a comprehensive collection of European art as well as American fine and decorative art. The permanent collection is comprised of approximately 10,000 objects, a key strength of which is the collection of European works on paper. [Mystic Country]
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Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center - Waterbury
The Mattatuck Museum features a dynamic, regional history exhibit designed to engage audiences of all ages with interactive displays, oral histories, historic movie clips, and a Conversations Table ... one of only four in the US. Art galleries house a permanent collection of work by Connecticut artists from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, including American giants John Trumbull, Erastus Salisbury Field, Frederic Church, John Frederick Kensett, Kay Sage, Arshile Gorky, Yves Tanguy, Peter Poskas, Abe Ajay and Alexander Calder; and changing exhibitions of contemporary artists. First Thursday after-hours events feature music, hors d’oeuvres and wine. The museum is known for engaging its community in an understanding of the past, and providing vision and leadership for the future through its exhibits and collections of national significance that interpret the history of the region and the art of Connecticut. [Litchfield Hills]
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New Britain Museum of American Art - New Britain
Acknowledged as the first museum in the world dedicated solely to collecting American art, the NBMAA is renowned for its preeminent collection spanning three centuries. The award-winning Chase Family Building features 15 spacious galleries that showcase the permanent collection and 15-20 special exhibitions annually.
Gems not to be missed include Thomas Hart Benton's mural series "The Arts of Life in America," the 18-foot-long painting "The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy, September 11, 2001" by Graydon Parrish," Lisa Hoke's installation of 20,000 cups, and Dale Chihuly's "Blue and Beyond Blue" spectacular chandelier.
Enjoy Cafe on the Park operated by "Best Caterer in Connecticut" Jordan Caterers. Visit the Museum Shop for unique gifts. Drop by the "ArtLab" learning gallery with your little ones or sign up for a studio class, concert or tour. Called "a destination for art lovers everywhere," "first-class," "mixing New York ambience with Yankee ingenuity and all-American beauty," the New Britain Museum of American Art is not to be missed.
[River Valley]
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Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich Free Academy Campus - Norwich
The Museum is currently CLOSED for construction. Some galleries will open in early 2011. Please visit our website for the most up-to-date details.
The collection includes American fine and decorative art representing 350 years of Norwich history; 20th century Connecticut paintings and sculpture; African and Oceanic sculpture; Native American objects; a plaster cast collection of ancient monumental sculpture and a changing gallery of contemporary art.
[Mystic Country]
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The William Benton Museum of Art, University of CT - Mansfield/Storrs
The state art museum on the University of Connecticut Storrs campus presents a variety of changing exhibitions, drawing on the museum's collections of art from the 15th to 21st centuries and mounting traveling exhibitions and faculty and MFA installations. The Store at the Benton. The Beanery coffee shop.
[Mystic Country]
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - Hartford
The sheer quality and range of fine and decorative arts place the Wadsworth Atheneum among the dozen greatest art museums in the United States. The museum's renowned collections include Hudson River Valley and Old Master paintings, modernist masterpieces, 19th century French and Impressionist paintings, Meissen and Sevres porcelains, costumes and textiles, American furniture and decorative arts, and the vanguard of contemporary art. [River Valley]
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Weir Farm National Historic Site - Wilton/Ridgefield
Weir Farm National Historic Site, Connecticut's only National Park Service site, preserves the home and studios of three generations of artists, American impressionist J. Alden Weir, Mahonri and Dorothy Weir Young, and Sperry and Doris Andrews, as well as the landscape that inspired their work. Programs and tours are offered year-round. Other activities include nature walks, hiking, bird watching, photography and Take Part in Art during scheduled times with art supplies provided free of charge. Junior Ranger activities are available for children. The 60-acre farm is located in both Wilton and Ridgefield, approximately 60 miles from NYC and ten minutes from The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
[Fairfield County]
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