We went to see a very special showing of ” Monet’s Water Lilies an Artists Obsession” at the Wadsworth Atheneum. The show featured nine of the 250 paintings devoted to the water lily theme inspired by Monet’s Japanese style garden located in Giverny, Paris. With those examples you could see Monet’s experimentation with color, […]
Smith College Museum of Art
The Museum at Smith College began collecting works in 1879 with a focus on American and European art. Acquiring works of quality, while recognizing the instructional value of preparatory studies and unfinished works. The Museum assembled important works of the nineteenth century, including works by Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, and others. In the […]
Hill-Stead Museum
What makes this museum unique and special is that it is a home. A place that Theodate (the Pope family’s daughter) designed and loved. While the collection of art and artifacts was largely collected by her father Alfred. Some of the paintings were moved in (1950’s) many of them have recently been moved back to […]
Savannah, GA – here we are
Spending these 2 weeks in Savannah, GA – home of the Telfair Museums as well as a dozen historical homes of late colonial civil war period — it is also home to SCAD – Savannah College of Art and Design. More coming in individual site entries all tagged Savannah-ga A few additional places we found […]
Augustus Saint- Gaudens national historic site
The Saint-Gaudens Memorial is a private, non-profit corporation chartered by the State of New Hampshire in 1919, to preserve and exhibit Saint-Gaudens’ home and studios. The trustees operated the site as a museum from 1927-1965, when they donated the property to the national Park Service. The Memorial continues to play an important role as a […]
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is both an art museum and research center, welcoming visitors year-round to experience its outstanding collections of European and American art in an intimate setting surrounded by the profound natural beauty of the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. Set on a 140-acre campus of expansive lawns, meadows, and walking […]
Springfield Museum Quadrange
A number of museums up the hill from downtown Springfield Springfield, MA The Springfield Museums, located in the heart of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, is comprised of five world-class museums; the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts., the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, the Springfield Science Museum, the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum and […]
Sabbath Day lake Shaker Village
Museum Name: Sabbath Day lake Shaker Village Museum Address: Sabbath Day Lake, ME Review (optional): A small museum and the home of the remaining Shakers
Hancock Shaker Village
Museum Name: Hancock Shaker Village Museum Address: Pittsfield, ma very neat and full view of Shaker life from 1776 to 1960
Heritage Museums and Gardens
http://www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org/ Heritage Museums and Gardens 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, MA 02563 Phone: 508.888.3300
