Norman Rockwell Museum
About Norman Rockwell Museum
Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2019, the Norman Rockwell Museum is dedicated to education and art appreciation inspired by the legacy of Norman Rockwell. The Museum holds the world’s largest and most significant collection of art and archival materials relating to Rockwell’s life and work, while also preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting a growing collection of art by other American illustrators throughout history. The Museum engages diverse audiences through onsite and traveling exhibitions, as well as publications, arts and humanities programs, including the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, and comprehensive online resources. www.nrm.org/
Located on 36 park-like acres in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Rockwell’s hometown for the last 25 years of his life, the Museum is open seven days a week, year-round; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Museum hours from May through October are: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, open until 7 p.m. on Thursdays during the month of August; from November through April: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends and holidays. Rockwell’s studio is open May through November 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Parking is FREE. Bus and van parking is available at the Museum in a separate lot. Accessible parking is available. The main Museum building and Rockwell’s Studio are wheelchair accessible.
For directions to the Museum, click here or call 413-298-4100.
ADMISSIONS
The Norman Rockwell Museum is proud to offer free admission programs to active military and their family.
- Active U.S. Military welcomed with free admission to the museum year-round. Valid military I.D. required.
- Active U.S. military and immediate family receive complimentary free admission to the museum between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Valid military I.D. required.
February 2019
Norman Rockwell Museum, Exhibits
Frank E. Schoonover: American Visions, November 10, 2018 through May 27, 2019. Gregory Manchess: Above the Timberline, November 10, 2018 through February 24, 2019. Frank E. Schoonover: American Visions, November 10, 2018 through May 27, 2019 Explore the creative and geographical journey of illustrator Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972). Schoonover’s dynamic adventure paintings for literary classics were inspired by the belief that artists should live what they paint—an adage often repeated by his noted teacher, illustrator Howard Pyle. Frank E. Schoonover: American Visions will include major oil paintings, historical book illustrations…
Find out more »Norman Rockwell Museum, Presidents’ Day Talk
In Celebrated Company: Rockwell’s Presidents As America’s best-known illustrator, Norman Rockwell was called upon to paint the presidents and presidential candidates of his day, from Eisenhower to Nixon and Kennedy. Discuss the artist’s intersection with the nation’s most prominent leaders with Curator of Education Tom Daly, who will share little known stories of Rockwell’s experiences capturing their likenesses. Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission. Free for children 18 and under.
Find out more »Norman Rockwell Museum, Vacation Week Drop-In Art
Norman Rockwell Museum will present Adventure Week, a series of drop-in activities for all ages from Monday, February 18 through Saturday, February 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants can choose from a variety of events, from art-making and viewing to talks and outdoor activities, inspired by the Museum's current exhibitions Gregory Manchess: Above the Timberline and Frank E. Schoonover: American Visions. All activities are free for Museum members and children 18 and under, or included with regular Museum admission. Art…
Find out more »Norman Rockwell Museum, Vacation Week Drop-In Art
Norman Rockwell Museum will present Adventure Week, a series of drop-in activities for all ages from Monday, February 18 through Saturday, February 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants can choose from a variety of events, from art-making and viewing to talks and outdoor activities, inspired by the Museum's current exhibitions Gregory Manchess: Above the Timberline and Frank E. Schoonover: American Visions. All activities are free for Museum members and children 18 and under, or included with regular Museum admission. Art…
Find out more »Norman Rockwell Museum, Vacation Week Drop-In Art
Norman Rockwell Museum will present Adventure Week, a series of drop-in activities for all ages from Monday, February 18 through Saturday, February 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants can choose from a variety of events, from art-making and viewing to talks and outdoor activities, inspired by the Museum's current exhibitions Gregory Manchess: Above the Timberline and Frank E. Schoonover: American Visions. All activities are free for Museum members and children 18 and under, or included with regular Museum admission. Art…
Find out more »Norman Rockwell Museum, Talk
As its international traveling exhibition of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms opens in Washington, D.C. this month, Norman Rockwell Museum will present The Transformative Power of Art, the latest of its Four Freedoms Forums, to be held at its Stockbridge campus on Thursday, February 21, starting at 5:30 p.m. This Town Hall-style conversation, inspired by Rockwell’s iconic paintings, will explore the ways in which imagery inspires us, invites us to question the world around us, and affects change. Community conversation at the…
Find out more »Norman Rockwell Museum, Vacation Week Drop-In Art
Norman Rockwell Museum will present Adventure Week, a series of drop-in activities for all ages from Monday, February 18 through Saturday, February 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants can choose from a variety of events, from art-making and viewing to talks and outdoor activities, inspired by the Museum's current exhibitions Gregory Manchess: Above the Timberline and Frank E. Schoonover: American Visions. All activities are free for Museum members and children 18 and under, or included with regular Museum admission. Art…
Find out more »Norman Rockwell Museum, Adventure Day
A Program for Children and Families Enjoy adventures both past and future with our current exhibitions, followed by outdoor adventures on our Museum grounds, including hiking, tracking and/or snowshoeing (weather permitting). Meet illustrator Gregory Manchess at 1 p.m., and make adventure-themed art throughout the day. Enjoy a cup of hot cocoa on us. Free for Museum members and children 18 and under, or included with Museum admission.
Find out more »Norman Rockwell Museum, Vacation Week Drop-In Art
Norman Rockwell Museum will present Adventure Week, a series of drop-in activities for all ages from Monday, February 18 through Saturday, February 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants can choose from a variety of events, from art-making and viewing to talks and outdoor activities, inspired by the Museum's current exhibitions Gregory Manchess: Above the Timberline and Frank E. Schoonover: American Visions. All activities are free for Museum members and children 18 and under, or included with regular Museum admission. Art…
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