Learn about current special exhibition “The Land Carries Our Ancestors” from Docent Carol Lacoss, who appeared on Great Day Connecticut with Melissa Cole Friday morning in WFSB TV. You can take a guided tour of the exhibition every Sunday at 1:00 p.m., included with Museum admission and free for Members! https://lnkd.in/ekShJYGZ
New Britain Museum of American Art
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
New Britain, CT 833 followers
The first museum in the country to have a singular focus on American Art.
About us
The New Britain Museum of American Art’s founding in 1903 entitles the institution to be designated the first museum of strictly American art in the country. That year, a $20,000 gift of gold bonds to the museum’s former parent, the New Britain Institute, from industrialist John Butler Talcott, created funds to purchase ”modern oil paintings.” Subsequent purchases, with advice from New York museums and galleries, further defined ”modern” to mean American works of art, now numbering more than 8,300. With particular strengths in colonial portraiture, the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, and the Ash Can School, not to mention the important mural series The Arts of Life in America by Thomas Hart Benton, the museum relies heavily on its permanent collection for exhibitions and programming, yet also displays a significant number of borrowed shows and work by emerging artists. The singular focus on American art and its panoramic view of American artistic achievement make the New Britain Museum of American Art a significant teaching resource available to the local, regional, and national public.
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- New Britain, CT
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- 1903
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56 Lexington Street
New Britain, CT 06052, US
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On the occasion of a milestone birthday, Amy Morgan decided to “pay it forward” so that others could have the opportunity to experience the New Britain Museum of American Art! The Pay It Forward program works like this: anyone can purchase and donate these $10 tickets at the Museum’s front desk, where they are available for any visitor who is unable or finds it difficult to pay regular Museum admission. Dozens have been donated by happy visitors, and grateful humans have redeemed many. Amy serves as the Museum’s Development Communications and Events Assistant. She hopes to inspire others to celebrate their birthdays by supporting the Museum and community! #payitforward #newbritain
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An exquisite exhibition not to be missed, "The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans" features 50 living Native artists that powerfully visualize Indigenous culture and knowledge of the land, is curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation) and is organized by the National Gallery of Art. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eU93s8Qz
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Watch our Head of Exhibitions Lisa Williams chat with Caitlin Francis about special exhibition "Justin Favela: Do You See What I See" on WFSB TV's Great Day Connecticut! https://lnkd.in/d7k8J_Gt
A lot to see at the New Britain Museum of American Art
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Anytime I’m choosing the colours for an art exhibition, my priority is to choose a colour that complements the artwork but doesn’t distract the eye from viewing the art. The colour of the wall behind artwork should enhance the experience and not create a distraction. -Thomas Mach Farrow & Ball https://lnkd.in/ey-jrSUK
Thomas Mach Interiors Transforms the New Britain Museum of American Art with Dead Flat
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"Here, we find affinity between colonial and colonized: The stolen land, reputations, careers, and lives have a common perpetrator, all in the service of reducing history to the exaltation of a simplistic male hero. The show won’t undo that; but add it to a growing litany of powerful correctives building history back from the margins, and drawing complexity into a picture too long built on exclusion." https://lnkd.in/efa6yTq3
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Congratulations, Debra H.! We know you and the New Britain Museum of American Art will accomplish great things together. #congratulations #creativity #leadership #philanthropy #careers
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Opening tomorrow at the NBMAA, this important exhibition was featured today on Great Day Connecticut WFSB TV with Melissa Cole. Plan a visit to see "Women Reframe American Landscape" in partnership with Thomas Cole National Historic Site at nbmaa.org. https://lnkd.in/eb7whcuX
New exhibit opens at the New Britain Museum of American Art
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“Light’s immateriality challenges us,” she says, “but light offers everything: it travels, makes silhouettes, outlines, shadows—so light is our world.” https://lnkd.in/dUDh-vfT
Curiosities: Lighting the World | Harvard Magazine
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Hill-Stead Museum and the New Britain Museum of American Art are thrilled to announce that we have received grants from Bank of America to support our upcoming joint exhibitions on Mary Cassatt. Thanks to this grant, we are able to continue our research partnership into the fascinating life of one of the few female Impressionist artists that is featured in both of our museums' collections. We are extremely grateful to have Bank of America as the lead sponsor of this exciting project due to open in 2026, which marks the centennial of the death of Mary Cassatt. #BofAGrants #SupportTheArts #MuseumDevelopment #GreaterHartford #Connecticut Hill-Stead Museum Bank of America Mary Stevenson Cassatt, "A Caress," 1891, Pastel on paper, 29 1/4 x 23 3/4 in. (74.3 x 60.3 cm), Harriet Russell Stanley Fund, New Britain Museum of American Art, 1948.14 Mary Stevenson Cassatt, “Sara Handing a Toy to the Baby,”c.1901, Oil on canvas, 33 x 27 in., Hill-Stead Museum
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