ART MUSEUMS > CONNECTICUT

New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington St, New Britain, CT (map)
860.229.0257
nbmaa@nbmaa.org
http://www.nbmaa.org

The permanent collection traces the history of American art from the Colonial era to the present, including portraits by Copley, Stuart, and Sargent; landscapes by Cole, Church, and Homer; 20th-century works by O'Keeffe and Wyeth; and The Arts of Life in America, a five-panel mural by Thomas Hart Benton. Open on Tues, Wed, and Fri from 11 to 5 pm, on Thurs until 8 pm, on Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from noon to 5 pm. Admission $9, $8 for seniors, $7 for students, free for children under 12.

THROUGH JULY 30 Brian Knep New & Now
THROUGH AUG 27 Visions of America:
125 years of American Masterpieces
AUG 4 THROUGH OCT 8 Lalla Essaydi New & Now

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main St, Hartford, CT (map)
860.278.2670
info@wadsworthatheneum.org
http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org

Among the pieces in the permanent collection are Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces, European paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries, American decorative art (featuring the Wallace Nutting collection of 17th- and 18th-century furniture), and the Amistad Foundation's collection of more than 7000 items documenting African-American history and culture. Open Wed through Fri from 11 am to 5 pm, and on Sat and Sun from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission $10, $8 for seniors, $5 for children ages 13 and up and college students with ID, free for children 12 and under. Open until 8 pm on the first Thurs of every month; admission $5 between 5 and 8 pm.

THROUGH JUNE 19 Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera
THROUGH AUG 13 Revivals: Costumes for Song and Dance, Old Masters & New Directions: A Decade of Collecting
THROUGH OCT 22 African American Collection
THROUGH OCT 29 Moved by Music: Herbert Gentry
THROUGH DEC 31 American Art, 1800-1950, Reflections and Shadows: Impressionism and Nineteenth Century Style
JUNE 2 THROUGH AUG 27 Eloquent Vistas: The Art of 19th-Century American Landscape Photography from the George Eastman House Collection
JUNE 2 THROUGH DEC 31 American Splendor: Hudson River School Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum
JULY 15 THROUGH NOV 6 Shifting Terrain: Contemporary Landscape Photography

Yale Center for British Art
1080 Chapel St, New Haven, CT (map)
203.432.2800
ycba.info@yale.edu
http://www.yale.edu/ycba

The Yale Center for British Art is home to the most comprehensive collection of British art outside (where else?) Great Britain. The collection surveys the development of British art, life, and thought from the Elizabethan period to the present. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from noon to 5 pm. Free.

THROUGH SEPT 10 Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars
JUNE 23 THROUGH SEPT 17 Searching for Shakespeare

Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel St, New Haven, CT (map)
203.432.0600
artgalleryinfo@yale.edu
http://artgallery.yale.edu

This so-called gallery is actually the oldest college art museum in the Western Hemisphere. It features paintings by van Gogh, Picasso, Eakins, and other masters. The permanent collection also includes prints, drawings, American decorative arts, and photographs. Due to renovations, some exhibitions and programs will be held on the first and third floors of the adjacent Egerton Swartwout building. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 6 pm. Free.

THROUGH JULY 23 Baubles, Bangles, and Beads: American Jewelry from Yale University, 1700-2005
THROUGH 2006 Private Faces of Public People: 1750-1900
OPENING AUG 21 To Know the Dark: American Artists' Visions of Night