Exhibitions

Located 10 miles off the coast of Maine, the remote and rustic island of Monhegan has drawn artists from around the world for over 150 years. Appreciated for its natural windswept beauty, quaint fishing village, high granite cliffs, and rocky beaches, Monhegan—known as “The Artist’s Island”—has b...

This January, Detroit-based artist Louise Jones will bring a vibrant array of floral imagery to the walls of the New Britain Museum of American Art’s LeWitt Family Staircase. Known for her large-scale botanical paintings, Jones creates site-specific murals whose compositions are often inspired by...

The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, known today as the Shakers, came to the United States from England in 1774. In 1787, their first fully formed, self-supporting community was established at New Lebanon, New York, only a few miles west of the Massachusetts border. Withi...

This March, the New Britain Museum of America will present an array of botanical paintings by Connecticut native T. (Thurlow) Merrill Prentice (1898–1985). The most extensive exhibition of these paintings at the NBMAA since their gift by the artist in 1977, Prentice’s vibrant watercolors...

The New Britain Museum of American Art began collecting photography in the 1970s, and over the course of four decades, has amassed over 500 works dating from the 1840s to today. Expanded Field: Photography from the Collection of the NBMAA represents the most extensive photography surv...

This April, the New Britain Museum of American Art presents the work of Pablo Helguera as part of the Museum’s NEW/NOW series featuring contemporary artists. Drawing upon Helguera’s passion for history and literature, this multi-disciplinary project, titled “Amazing Stories,” focuses on ...