ART MUSEUMS > MASSACHUSETTS
ADDISON GALLERY OF AMERICAN ART
Address: Phillips Academy, Rte 28 and Chapel Ave, Andover, MA
Phone: 978.749.4015
Email: addison@andover.edu
Web: www.andover.edu/addison
The Addison will be closing on July 13 for a major renovation, scheduled for completion in early 2010. Until then, you can still view the gallery's collection of more than 16,000 works, including paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, decorative arts, and photographs by American artists from Colonial times to the present. Normal hours are Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 5 pm. Free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JULY 13 "Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke," "Carroll Dunham Prints: A Survey," "Then and Now"
ART COMPLEX MUSEUM
Address: 189 Alden St, Duxbury, MA
Phone: 781.934.6634
Web: www.artcomplex.org
The Art Complex houses contemporary works as well as the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser collection, whose highlights include Asian art, Shaker furniture, and prints by Durer, Turner, and Rembrandt. Tea ceremonies are performed periodically at the Japanese tea hut on the grounds. Check online for updated schedule of exhibits, classes, and concerts throughout the summer. Open Wed through Sun from 1 to 4 pm. Free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH AUG 17 "Complex Conversations: Joan Paley and Alice Means"
THROUGH SEPT 7 "Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum," "Rotations: H. Gen Kozuru"
AUG 31 THROUGH NOV 9 "Haiga"
BERKSHIRE MUSEUM
Address: 39 South St, Pittsfield, MA
Phone: 413.443.7171
Web: www.berkshiremuseum.org
Wally, a life-size stegosaurus, greets visitors to this 14-gallery museum. Ongoing exhibits include children's art in the Refrigerator Gallery, an aquarium, and exhibits of art, natural science, and history. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from noon to 5 pm. Admission $10, $5 for children three through 18.
UPCOMING EVENTS
ONGOING "Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation," "America Seen," "Native Peoples: Northeast-Northwest," "Clues from the Ancient World"
JULY 1 THROUGH OCT 26 "Look at Us"
Brandeis University Rose Art Museum
Address: 415 South St, Waltham, MA
Phone: 781.736.3434
Email: rosemail@courier.brandeis.edu
Web: www.brandeis.edu/rose
The Rose houses Brandeis University's permanent collection, which contains around 8000 works and is particularly strong in American art from the 1960s and 1970s. Open Tues through Sun from noon to 5 pm. Admission $3, free for children under 12 and members of the Brandeis community.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JULY 27 "Alexis Rockman: The Weight of Air," "The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation," "Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds"
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Address: 4676 Falmouth Rd, Cotuit, MA
Phone: 508.428.7581
Email: cmaa@cahoonmuseum.org
Web: www.cahoonmuseum.org
The Museum's permanent collection includes 19th- and early-20th-century American marine paintings, landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, plus the fanciful paintings of Ralph and Martha Cahoon. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 4 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 4 pm. Admission $5, $4 for students and seniors, free for children under 12.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JUNE 22 "A Retrospective for Frank Milby"
JULY 22 THROUGH SEPT 7 "At Home in America: 19th Century Genre Painting"
Cape Ann Historical Museum
Address: 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA
Phone: 978.283.0455
Web: www.capeannhistoricalmuseum.org/
Ongoing exhibition of the world's largest collection of paintings and drawings by Fitz Hugh Lane, as well as American decorative arts and furnishings and a period house built in 1804. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 4 pm. Admission $8, $6 for seniors and students, free for children under 12.
UPCOMING EVENTS
ONGOING "The Photography of Eleanor Parke Custis"
THROUGH JULY 20 "The Paintings of Emma Fordyce MacRae"
Concord Museum
Address: 200 Lexington Rd, Concord, MA
Phone: 978.369.9763
Email: cm1@concordmuseum.org
Web: www.concordmuseum.org
Concord's past is brought to life inside this museum, current home of the lantern that hung in the Old North Church on the night of Paul Revere's famous ride, Emerson’s study, and the desk upon which Thoreau wrote Walden and "Civil Disobedience." The "Why Concord?" galleries examine Concord’s remarkable history from Native American settlement through the 20th century. Open Mon through Sat from 9 am to 5 pm, on Sun from 9 am to 5 pm through August, and from noon to 5 pm on Sun from Sept through Dec. Admission $10, $8 for seniors and students, $5 for children aged 6 through 17.
UPCOMING EVENTS
ONGOING "A Main Street Point of View"
JUNE 21 THROUGH SEPT 14 "Seasonings: A Calendar of Culture"
Fitchburg Art Museum
Address: 185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA
Phone: 978.345.4207
Web: www.fitchburgartmuseum.org
The permanent collection includes American and European paintings, prints, and decorative arts, as well as Greek, Roman, Asian, and pre-Columbian antiquities. Open Tues through Sun from noon to 4 pm. Admission $7, $5 for seniors and students, free for children under 12. Free admission for all on the first Thursday of the month from 4 to 8 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE 22 THROUGH SEPT 7 "73rd Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft"
Fuller Museum of Art
Address: 455 Oak St, Brockton, MA
Phone: 508.588.6000
Web: www.fullermuseum.org
This is the only museum in New England dedicated to contemporary craft works in glass, metal, wood, ceramic, and fiber. Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Wed until 9 pm. Admission $8, $5 for seniors and students, free for children under 12.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JULY 20 "Folded Light, Folded Shadow: Paper Relief by Nishimura Yuko," "Marjorie Durko Puryear: Between the Lines . . . Woven Notes and Memorabilia"
THROUGH NOV 9 "Gina Kamentsky: Mechanical Confections"
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
Address: 21 Edwards St, Springfield, MA
Phone: 413.263.6800
Email: info@springfieldmuseums.org
Web: www.springfieldmuseums.org/
Opened in 1896 and built in the style of an Italian palazzo, the museum houses a collection that includes Japanese arms and armor, a Shinto wheel shrine, Islamic rugs and decorative arts, plaster casts of famous sculptures, and one of the largest collections of Chinese cloisonné in the West. The Art Discovery Center offers hands-on activities that help children explore the collections. Open Tues through Sun from 11 am to 4 pm. Admission $10, $7 for seniors and students, $5 for children three through 17. The admission fee provides entry to all four museums at the Springfield Quadrangle.
Griffin Museum of Photography
Address: 67 Shore Rd, Winchester, MA
Phone: 781.729.1158
Email: photos@griffinmuseum.org
Web: www.griffinmuseum.org
This museum of photographic art is named for Arthur Griffin, New England's "Photographer Laureate." Open Tues through Thurs from 11 am to 5 pm, on Fri from 11 am to 4 pm, and on Sat and Sun from noon to 4 pm. Admission $5, $2 for seniors, free for children and students. Free admission for all on Thurs..
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH AUG 31 "14th Juried Exhibition," "Laurie Lambrecht: Lake Trees," "David Bookbinder: Flower Mandalas," "Joan Johnson High School Exhibition"
Heritage Museums and Gardens
Address: 67 Grove St, Sandwich, MA
Phone: 508.888.3300
Email: info@heritagemuseums.org
Web: www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org
Celebrating the "rich history of the American spirit" through exhibitions related to industry, art, and horticulture, Heritage offers three museums, 100 acres of gardens, miles of walking paths, and a carousel. Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission is $12, $10 for seniors, $9 for guests of members, $6 for children six through 16, and free for children under 5.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 31 "You Can't Go to Town in a Bathtub: The 100th Anniversary of the Ford Model T," "A Short Life and Merry: Pirates of New England"
OPENS JUNE 29 "Lost Gardens of New England" at the American History Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Address: 280 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.566.1401
Email: information@isgm.org
Web: www.gardnermuseum.org
The museum, designed in the style of a 15th-century Venetian palace, is famous for its courtyard and flower display on the ground level. The museum also houses a remarkable permanent collection of paintings, sculpture, textiles, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, rare books, manuscripts, and drawings -- largely from the private collection of the institution's legendary arts-patron namesake. Open Tues through Sun from 11 am to 5 pm. Admission $12 , $10 for seniors, $5 for students, free for children under 18.
UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE 26 THROUGH SEPT 28 "Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella"
Mead Art Museum
Address: Rtes 9 and 116, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Phone: 413.542.2335
Email: mead@amherst.edu
Web: www.amherst.edu/~mead
The Mead has six galleries displaying highlights of its permanent 16,000-piece collection, which includes strong holdings in Japanese woodblock prints, West African sculpture, Russian modernist art, and 19th- and 20th-century American art. Open Tues through Sun from 10 am to 4:30 pm, and on Wed until 9 pm. Free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JULY 27 "The Water's Edge: Innovation and Exploration in Watercolor"
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Address: 20 Ames St, Building E15, Atrium Level, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.253.4680
Web: web.mit.edu/lvac
LVAC seeks to explore challenging, intellectually inquisitive, contemporary art-making in all media. Open Tues through Sun from noon to 6 pm, and until 8 pm on Thurs.. Free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JULY 6 "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space"
THROUGH JULY 11 "Matthew Barney: Photogravure Prints from Drawing Restraint 9"
Museum of Bad Art
Address: Dedham Community Theater, 580 High St, Dedham, MA
Phone: 781.444.6757
Email: moba@museumofbadart.org
Web: www.museumofbadart.org
Featuring “art too bad to be ignored,” MOBA's collection ranges from works by talented artists who have gone awry to works of exuberant execution by artists barely in control of the brush. What they have in common is a special quality that sets them apart, in one way or another, from the merely incompetent. Open Sun through Thurs from 2 to 9 pm, and on Fri, Sat, and holidays from 1 to 10 pm. Free.
JJUST OPENED: MOBA 2 in the basement of the Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square Somerville, MA. Movie ticket required for admission except for special events.
UPCOMING EVENTS
CURRENT EXHIBIT "Nature Abhors a Vacuum and All Other Housework"
National Center of Afro-American Artists
Address: 300 Walnut Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.442.8614
Web: www.ncaaa.org/museum.html
Paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures are on permanent display, as is “Aspelta: A Nubian King’s Burial Chamber,” an installation of objects from the 2600-year-old pyramids. Open Tues through Sun from 1 to 5 pm. Admission $4, $3 for seniors and students.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JULY 19 "Calvin W. Burnett"
AUG 19 THROUGH NOV 3 "Merengue! Visual Rhythms/Ritmos Visuales"
NATIONAL HERITAGE MUSEUM
Address: 33 Marrett Rd (off Rte 2A), Lexington, MA
Phone: 781.861.6559
Email: info@monh.org
Web: www.monh.org
Founded and supported by 32-degree Scottish Rite Freemasons, this museum features permanent and traveling exhibits devoted to American history and culture. It also features a large display of artifacts from fraternal orders and secret societies, including the Masons. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from noon to 5 pm. Free admission and parking.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH AUG 10 "Boston Close Up: Windows on a New Century"
THROUGH SEPT 1 "Remember Me: Highlights from the National Heritage Museum"
THROUGH FEB 8, 2009 "Keepers of Tradition: Art and Folk Heritage in Massachusetts"
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
Address: One High Pole Hill Rd, Provincetown, MA
Phone: 508.487.1310
Web: www.pilgrim-monument.org/
Visitors can climb the 252-foot granite monument and learn about the history of Provincetown and the Mayflower Pilgrims. Open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. From June 15 through Sept 15, open from 9 am to 7 pm. Admission $7, $5 for seniors and students, $3.50 for children four through 14.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH 2008 "The Studio Show"
Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum
Address: 130 River Drive, Hadley, MA
Phone: 413.584.4699
Web: www.pphmuseum.org
The Porter-Phelps-Huntington House, known as Forty Acres, is an 18th-century farm that promotes understanding of three centuries' worth of life in rural New England. Open Sat through Wed from 1 to 4:30 pm, and in the morning by appointment only. Admission $5, $1 for children under 12.
Whistler House Museum of Art
Address: 243 Worthen St, Lowell, MA
Phone: 978.452.7641
Email: mlally@whistlerhouse.org
Web: www.whistlerhouse.org
The Whistler House, built in 1823, was the birthplace of artist James McNeill Whistler, painter of the famed Whistler's Mother. The permanent collection includes etchings by Whistler, and 19th- and 20th-century paintings by New England artists. Open Wed through Sat from 11 am to 4 pm. Admission $5, $4 for seniors and students, free for children under 16 when accompanied by an adult.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JUNE 21 Cape Cod School and Provincetown Artists
JULY 1 THROUGH AUG 15 Art Quilts at the Whistler IV
AUG 27 THROUGH OCT 15 "Tim Clark: A Midlife Retrospective"
Worcester Art Museum
Address: 55 Salisbury St, Worcester, MA
Phone: 508.799.4406
Email: Information@worcesterart.org
Web: www.worcesterart.org
The WAM's permanent collection of 35,00 works includes paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, photographs, prints, and drawings, dating from antiquity to the present, with special emphasis on Early American painting. Plus, it offers the largest display of Roman mosaics in America, excavated from Antioch. Open Wed through Fri and Sun from 11 am to 5 pm, on Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, an on every third Thurs from 11 am to 8 pm. Admission $10, $8 for seniors and students, free for children under 17. Free for all on Sat before noon.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH AUG 3 "Inky Tributatires: Contemporary Chinese Prints"
THROUGH SEPT 21 "Two Chinas: Chen Qiulin and Yun-Fei Ji"
THROUGH OCT "Wall at WAM: Alexander Ross"
