CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Lure of the Sea: Masterworks of American Coastal Art
To me the sea is a continual miracle, The fishes that swim—the rocks—the motion of the waves—...
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"Across the Nation" | From the National Gallery of Art
The New Britain Museum of American Art is partnering with the National Gallery of Art for the Nat...
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Joe Fig: Contemplating Vermeer
In 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam hosted a monumental exhibition of Johannes Vermee...
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Masterworks of Color: Shaker Crafts and The Art of George Chaplin
“In nature, light creates color; in painting, color creates light.” Hans Hofmann ...
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David Hockney & James Sellars: Haplomatics
Haplomatics explores the wild realm of pseudo-scientific fantasy in the visual textual a...
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WONDER STORIES: Masterworks of Pulp Art Illustration
On view in the Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Gallery at the NBMAA & at the ...
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Justin Favela: Do You See What I See?
Brilliant colors, tissue paper, cardboard, and untold stories converge in Do You See What I S...
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Modern Women: Visionary Artists
In the late 1940s, a new style of painting emerged that would change the course of modern art. A ...
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Fritz Horstman: Valleys & Blue Light
Light and shadows, landscapes, voids, and reversals; the subjects of Fritz Horstman’s e...
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Nor'Easter: The 55th Annual Juried Members Exhibition
The Annual Juried Members Exhibition is the New Britain Museum of American Art’s opportunity to e...
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Altered States: The Etchings of Richard Pousette-Dart
For Richard Pousette-Dart (1916–1992), the print pulled straight from the press offered tantalizi...
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Pop! American Art in the 1960s
In the 1960s, a new style of art burst onto the scene, defined by bright colors and eye-catching ...
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Harriet Cany Peale’s "Kaaterskill Clove," 1858
The New Britain Museum of American Art is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Harriet Cany Pe...
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Rogelio Báez Vega, The Country Club, from the Construct of a No-Country series, 2024
The New Britain Museum of American Art is thrilled to acquire Rogelio Báez Vega’s recent painting...
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Digital Exhibition | American Post-Impressionists: Maurice & Charles Prendergast
Among the earliest artists to bring the new ideas and styles of European avant-garde painting to ...
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The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans
Curated by artist, educator, editor, activist, and writer Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of th...
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NEW/NOW Anila Quayyum Agha: Illuminations
This dazzling, immersive NEW/NOW exhibition features the work of Anila Quayyum Agha (b. ...
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Women Reframe American Landscape
Illuminating the artistic contributions and perspectives of women, this two-part exhibition inclu...
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Ellen Carey: Struck By Light
Part One: On view in the Helen T. and Philip B. Stanley Gallery ...
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Walter Wick: Hidden Wonders!
The whimsical world of Walter Wick has fascinated people of all ages since 1991, when his first c...
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Edward Burtynsky: Earth Observed
Edward Burtynsky’s astonishing photographs depict, in large scale, our human impact on the planet...
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30 Americans
Drawn from the acclaimed Rubell Museum in Miami, Florida, 30 Americans showcases works b...
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The Poetry of Nature: Hudson River School Landscapes from the New-York Historical Society
A stunning array of over 40 paintings created between 1818 and 1886, The Poetry of N...
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Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990–2003
Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990–2003 will be the first museum presentation dedicat...
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Some Day is Now: Women, Art & Social Change
Marking the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in America, Some Day is Now: Women, Art & S...
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In Thread and On Paper: Anni Albers in Connecticut
Known for her pioneering graphic wall hangings, weavings, and designs, Anni Albers (1899-1994) is...
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For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design
Founded in New York City in 1825 by artists including Samuel F.B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, and T...
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The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Art
Enormous flowers, luscious colors, desert landscapes, feminine forms, and still lifes. Georgia O’...
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2025 New Britain Public and Parochial Schools Student Art Show
The Museum is thrilled to welcome students and families back for its annual installment of local ...
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Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism and Realism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
"It must not be assumed that American Impressionism and French Impressionism are identica...
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Inspired Visions: Berlin Public Schools 2025 Art Exhibition
The NBMAA is thrilled to welcome students and families to the Museum for the Berlin Public School...
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Elizabeth Gourlay: A Tribute
Spanning nearly fifteen years of creative expression, Elizabeth Gourlay: A Tribute comm...
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Vik Muniz: Extra-Ordinary
Vik Muniz (Brazilian-American, born 1961) is distinguished as one of the most innovativ...
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HANDLED WITH CARE: Shaker Master Crafts and the Art of Barbara Prey
A collaboration between Hancock Shaker Village and the New Britain Museum of American Art ...
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Glass Impressions: Vitreographs and Studio Glass from the Collection
Glass Impressions celebrates the dynamic sculptural and pictorial dimensions of glass. ...
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Nor'Easter: The 54th Annual Juried Members Exhibition
The Annual Juried Members Exhibition is the New Britain Museum of American Art’s opportunity to e...
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Permanent Collection Installation | Modern Times: 1920s-1950s
Two distinct styles dominated American art in the first half of the 20th century: Mode...
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Artists’ Spectrum: The Docent Art Show
On view in the Museum Café. This delightful exhibition highlights the works of ...
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Richard Claude Ziemann: In Nature
Landers House Atmospheric and evocative, Richard Claude Ziemann’s works on paper and pai...
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Masterworks of Shaker Design: Mount Lebanon, NY
For the second exhibition in the series Masterworks of Shaker Design, the community ...
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Elizabeth Gourlay: Color, Chords, and Threads | At the Delamar West Hartford
At the Delamar West Hartford 1 Memorial Road, West Hartford, CT 06107...
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The Black Matriarchs Series
The New Britain Museum of American Art is tied, inextricably, to the history and people of New Br...
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Masterworks of the Sanford B. D. Low Illustration Collection
One of the most unique and exceptional aspects of the New Britain Museum of American Art’s perman...
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Community Exhibition: CCARC
On view in the Museum Café. The NBMAA is honored to present artwork created by members of...
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Eva LeWitt
Eva LeWitt’s vibrant, handmade sculptures are fashioned from everyday commercial and industrial m...
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From the Vault: Post-War to Contemporary Art
Following World War II, American artists began to challenge traditional modes of pictorial repres...
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Nor'Easter: The 53rd Annual Juried Members Exhibition
This is the NBMAA’s opportunity to showcase contemporary visual arts from the region. This promin...
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NBMAA Staff Skateboard Show
For the past three months, Museum staff have been busy creating original artworks using wooden sk...
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Masterworks of Shaker Design: A Tale of Two Enfields
This is the first of a planned series of exhibitions designed to highlight examples of the finest...
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New Acquisition: Robert S. Duncanson, "Landscape," 1870
See the NBMAA's newest acquisition, Robert S. Duncanson's Landscape, 1870, made possible...
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Ansel Adams and the Legacy of the American Landscape: Photographs from the NBMAA
Among the most revered photographers of the 20th century, Ansel Adams is celebrated fo...
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In Focus: Photographs from the O’Neil Collection
At the Delamar West Hartford This winter, the NBMAA presents two exhibitions inspired by ...
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Elizabeth Gourlay: Eclectic Threads
This fall, the NBMAA will launch its newest series of exhibitions in our recently restored Lander...
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Art from the New Britain Public and Parochial Schools 2023
The Museum is thrilled to welcome students and families back for its annual installment of local ...
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2023 Berlin Public School's District Art Show
The Museum is thrilled to welcome students and families back into the Museum for the upcoming exh...
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Rashmi Talpade: Piecing Together a New Britain Story
Wallingford, Connecticut-based artist Rashmi Talpade uses photo-collages to create works inspired...
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North America Divided
Pairing 19th-century landscapes and genre scenes with works by contemporary artists Ne...
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Being Seen: People and Places in American Art, 1960s to Today
Featuring bold and visionary works from the 1960s to the 2010s, this installation explores depict...
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American Realism Today
Capturing scenes of the landscape and everyday life, American Realism Today celebrates t...
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Glass Impressions: Vitreographs from the NBMAA
At the Delamar West Hartford Glass Impressions features a suite of vitreog...
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Mildred Thompson: Cosmic Flow
Mildred Thompson (1936-2003) was fascinated by micro- and macrocosmic worlds of particles, energy...
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American Art in New Britain: The Evolution of the NBMAA
In conjunction with New Britain’s sesquicentennial year and the recent reopening of the NBMAA’s ...
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Nor'Easter: The 52nd Annual Juried Members Exhibition
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE WORK HERE: htt...
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Cowboys, Detectives, and Daredevils: Pulp Art at the NBMAA
From the Great Depression through the era of World War II, Americans turned to inexpensive novels...
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Early Modern America: 1910s to 1950s
Two distinct styles dominated American art in the first half of the 20th century: Mode...
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Sol LeWitt at the Delamar West Hartford
A Solo Exhibition Presented by the New Britain Museum of Ame...
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Permanent Collection Installation | Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the NBMAA: 1950s to Today
This new installation features iconic masterworks from the NBMAA’s permanent collection, as well ...
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Art from the New Britain Public and Parochial Schools 2022
The Museum is thrilled to welcome students and families back into the Museum for its annual ...
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Art from the Berlin Public Schools 2022
The Museum is thrilled to welcome students and families back into the Museum for the upcomin...
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Walter Wick: Storybook & Out of this World
The whimsical world of Walter Wick has fascinated people of all ages since 1991, when his first c...
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Steel, String, Spit Bite: Selections from the LeWitt Collection
Throughout his career, Sol LeWitt assembled a remarkable collection of more than 4,000 works, man...
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Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints
The conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) is best known for his programmatic wall drawings and...
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Cycle of Terror and Tragedy by Graydon Parrish
This installation features the NBMAA’s Cycle of Terror and Tragedy by Graydon Parrish, an iconic ...
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Walter Wick I Spy: Summer, Autumn, and Winter
The whimsical world of Walter Wick has fascinated people of all ages since 1991, when his first c...
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Permanent Collection Installation: New Britain Art and Artists
The inaugural installation of artwork in the restored Landers House takes New Britain art and ar...
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NEW/NOW Jennifer Wen Ma: An Inward Sea
As part of the NBMAA’s NEW/NOW exhibition series featuring emerging and established cont...
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Louise Jones
In 2019, Detroit-based artist Louise Jones brought a vibrant array of floral imagery to the walls...
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2020/20+ Women @ NBMAA Celebrating the Impact of Female-Identifying Artists throughout American History
The New Britain Museum of American Art will present 2020/20+ Women @ NBMAA, a year-long series of...
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Nor'Easter: The 51st Annual Juried Exhibition
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION The Annual Juried Members Exhibition is the New Britain Museum...
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Permanent Collection Installation: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions
The NBMAA is thrilled to present a selection of acquisitions and gifts that have entered the Muse...
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Digital Exhibition | American Post-Impressionists: Maurice & Charles Prendergast
Among the earliest artists to bring the new ideas and styles of European avant-garde painting to ...
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Art from the New Britain Public & Parochial Schools 2021
The annual exhibition, a 31- year tradition at the New Britain Museum of American Art, features t...
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Lights, Camera, Ellen Carey: A Solo Exhibition at The Delamar Presented by NBMAA
As part of the New Britain Museum of American Art’s partnership with the Delamar Hotel in West...
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Anything but Simple: Shaker Gift Drawings and the Women Who Made Them
Organized by Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA, Anything but Simple: Shaker Gift Drawing...
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Nor'Easter: 50th Annual Juried Members Exhibition
About the Exhibition The New Britain Museum of American Art is dedicated to showcasing ...
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The Art and Artists of Monhegan Island: Selections from the Charles J. and Irene Hamm Collection of Coastal Art
Located 10 miles off the coast of Maine, the remote and rustic island of Monhegan has drawn artis...
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Art from the New Britain Public & Parochial Schools 2020
Every year the Museum displays hundreds of artworks by New Britain students in the annual Art fro...
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2020 Floral Expressions
The New Britain Museum of American Art continues the tradition of Floral Expressions with a celeb...
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Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Originally presented in January of 2020, Kara Walker: Harper’s Pi...
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Chairway to Heaven: A Celebration of Shaker Seating Furniture
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, known today as the Shakers, came to...
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Bill Viola: The Raft
This October, the NBMAA will present The Raft, a powerful video installation by one of t...
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In Bloom: The Botanical Paintings of T. Merrill Prentice
This March, the New Britain Museum of America will present an array of botanical paintin...
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Expanded Field: Photography from the Collection of the NBMAA
The New Britain Museum of American Art began collecting photography in the 1970s, and over the c...
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NEW/NOW: Pablo Helguera
This April, the New Britain Museum of American Art presents the work of Pablo Helguera as part of...
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Nor'Easter: The 49th Annual Juried Exhibition
EXHIBITION Saturday, June 22–Sunday, July 14, 2019 RECEPTIO...
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Line and Curve: The Ellsworth Kelly and Jack Shear Shaker Collection from Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon with Prints by Ellsworth Kelly
When the American painter, sculptor, and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) first encountered...
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Neil Jenney: American Realist
Neil Jenney (b. 1945, Torrington, CT) emerged in the late 1960s with a unique brand of realist pa...
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Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album
“I wanted to document something. I wanted to leave something that I thought would be a record...
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Looking for America: A For Freedoms 50 State Initiative
This summer, the NBMAA launched a community-wide call for submissions, for people of all ages and...
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Pictures at an Exhibition
From September through November 2018, the NBMAA will present Pictures at an Exhibition, ...
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NEW/NOW: Paul Baylock
During the early part of the 20th century, New Britain was known as the "Hardware City” and the "...
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2018 Floral Expressions
The New Britain Museum of American Art continues the tradition of Floral Expressions with a celeb...
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Art in Farmington Village
Presenting over 60 paintings and works on paper by more than 20 artists, Art in Farmington Vi...
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Architecture as Muse: American Skyline
In 2017, the New Britain Museum of American Art introduced Architecture as Muse, a serie...
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Boundary Conditions
The Museum is delighted to announce plans to unveil the third site-specific installation for Febr...
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Nor'Easter: The 48th Annual Juried Exhibition
The Nor’Easter is the New Britain Museum of American Art’s opportunity to expose contemp...
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2018 Art from the New Britain Public & Parochial Schools
The Museum is excited to present its 28th installment of local student work in the upcoming exhib...
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Focus on: Shaker Woodenware (Part II)
The Museum is thrilled to present the second installment of Shaker Wooden objects of many types and ...
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NEW/NOW Francisca Benítez
In her forthcoming exhibition at the NBMAA, New York-based artist Francisca Benítez (b. 1974, San...
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2018 Art from the Berlin Public Schools
Featuring exceptional works by students in Berlin, the Museum is proud to host Art from the Berli...
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2018 Art from the Plainville Community Schools
The Museum is honored to collaborate with the Plainville Community Schools for the first time to ...
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Architecture as Muse: The Grand Tour
In the late 1600s, the "Grand Tour" emerged as a cultural phenomenon, in which young men and women o...
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Ghana Paints Hollywood
This November, the New Britain Museum of American Art presents Ghana Paints Hollywood—a ...
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Harry Everett Townsend: Illustrations of a World War I Artist
The New Britain Museum of American Art is honored to partner with the Connecticut State Library in H...
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California Dreaming: Ed Moses, Billy Al Bengston & Ed Ruscha
In 1950s Los Angeles, a shift occurred in the visual arts that would come to define a uniquely or...
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Samuel F.B. Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" & the Art of Invention
The New Britain Museum of American Art is pleased to present Samuel F.B. Morse’s “Gallery of ...
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Focus On: Shaker Woodenware (Part 1)
The Shakers believe that manual labor is a form of worship, an act of serving God, and that it shoul...
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2017 Art from the New Britain Public & Parochial Schools
The Museum is excited to present its 27th installment of local student work in the upcoming exhib...
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New Media: William DeLottie
The Museum’s forthcoming New Media exhibition presents a multi-media installation by Connecticut-...
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Nor'Easter: The 47th Annual Juried Exhibition
The Nor’Easter is the New Britain Museum of American Art’s opportunity to expose contemp...
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Howard Rackliffe
The New Britain Museum of American Art will present a retrospective of New Britain-born artist Howar...
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Ansel Adams: Yosemite Valley
Celebrating the National Park Service’s centennial year, this exhibition presents Portfolio III: ...
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2017 Art from the Berlin Public Schools
Featuring exceptional works by students in Berlin, the Museum is proud to host Art from the Berli...
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Vistas del Sur: Traveler Artists' Landscapes of Latin America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection
Vistas del Sur features more than 150 rarely seen paintings, photographs, works on paper...
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NEW/NOW: Sanford Biggers
The New Britain Museum of American Art is thrilled to showcase the work of internationally acclai...
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New Media: Kevin Kelly
Brooklyn-based artist Kevin Kelly is most known for his non-linear videos, which weave together narr...
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As We See It: The Collection of Gail and Ernst von Metzsch
As We See It: The Collection of Gail and Ernst von Metzsch will feature over 80 painting...
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2016 Holiday Decorating
This year, we continue our tradition of holiday decorating in the galleries! We are pleased to sh...
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The Shakers: Focus On: Enfield, Connecticut
As part of the Museum’s Art & Education Expansion and reinstallation of the permanent collect...
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Masterpieces of The Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Collection
One of the most unique and exceptional aspects of the NBMAA’s permanent collection of over 8,000 ...
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New Media: Maya Jeffereis
Maya Jeffereis is a New York-based artist working in video, performance, and installation. ...
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Eric Aho: An Unfinished Point in a Vast Surrounding
Audio Guide Join the Museum in celebrating an exhibition of recent paintings by artist E...
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Cycle of Life in Print: Salvador Dalí
The New Britain Museum of American art is thrilled to present works by one of the most celebrated...
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2016 Floral Expressions
Inspired by select artworks in the permanent collection, the Museum’s galleries will display flor...
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NEW/NOW: Clinton Deckert
Join the Museum in welcoming surreal abstractionist Clinton Deckert to the Cheney Gallery as the nex...
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Andy Warhol to Sally Mann: The Collection of Kevin McNamara and Craig Nowak
A brilliant selection of prints and photographs by innovative artists such as Alexander Calder, John...
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All Time Favorites of the Low Illustration Collection
A preview to the summer 2016 exhibition, Masterpieces of the Low Collection of American Illus...
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Nor'Easter: The 46th Annual Juried Members Exhibition
Nor’Easter: The 46th Annual Juried Members Exhibition is the NBMAA’s opportunity to present c...
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NEW/NOW: Kate O'Donovan Cook
Kate O’Donovan Cook is both artist and subject within her works. She creates images in which the ...
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Stone Roberts: Street Scenes, Still Lifes, and Figures
Stone Roberts’ contemporary figurative paintings celebrate the commonplace by attention to detail an...
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Holiday Decorating
The Holiday decorating committee has been hard at work and is pleased to announce a splendid lineup ...
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Director’s Favorites: 1999–2015
Celebrating Director Douglas Hyland and his 16 years of distinguished achievement at the New Britain...
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New Media: Julie Orser
Inaugurating the new, larger New Media & Digital Art space in the McKernan Gallery will be Lo...
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ART TODAY: 2000–Present
The New Britain Museum of American Art’s construction of a new wing has given the Museum a unique...
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NEW/NOW: Katja Loher: How can we cool down the gilded sunbeams?
NEW/NOW artist Katja Loher is regarded as a leader amongst the next generality of video artists, ...
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Tom Yost: A Modern Realist
A PROVOCATIVE GROUPING OF OILS DISPLAYS YOST’S MASTERLY AND FRESH APPROACH TO MODERN DAY REALIST ...
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New Media: Catherine Ross: Laugh Track
New Media artist Catherine Ross frames instances on video that often go unnoticed in their original ...
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The Enchanting Jewels of Elizabeth Gage
The exhibition, The Enchanting Jewels of Elizabeth Gage, will consist of approximately 250 pieces of...
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Art from the New Britain Public & Parochial Schools
For the 25th year, the creative output of our youngest artists will be celebrated in Art from the Ne...
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NEW/NOW: Karl Lund
Lund’s exhibition, Angry Robots Liquefied My Brain, features narrative paintings that de...
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Otis Kaye: Money, Mystery, and Mastery
The exhibition features thirty-four works that display a mastery of the highly realistic, trompe ...
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Art from the Berlin Public Schools
For the 6th year, the Museum is honored to collaborate with the Berlin Public schools featuring a...
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Art from the Plainville Community Schools
The Museum is honored to collaborate with the Plainville Community Schools for the first time to ...
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Over Life's Waters: The Coastal Art Collection of Charles and Irene Hamm
This winter, the New Britain Museum of American Art proudly showcases the Hamm’s labor of love in...
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NEW/NOW: Titus Kaphar, The Vesper Project
The Vesper Project is a massive sculptural statement—an encompassing installation, in wh...
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New Media: John O'Donnell
Psychedelic Pantry, a new media installation created by John O’Donnell, points to moment...
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Nor'Easter: The 45th Annual Juried Members Exhibition
The exhibition is a prime opportunity for the Museum to highlight the exceptional work of emergin...
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