
ART MUSEUMS > NEW HAMPSHIRE
Currier Museum of Art
201 Myrtle Way, Manchester NH (map) 603.669.6144 visitor@currier.org http://www.currier.org
The museum is currently closed for expansion but visitors can tour Frank Lloyd Wright ôZimmerman House." The house is New England's only Wright-designed home open to the general public. Tours are Mon, Thurs, and Fri at 2 pm, Sat at 11 am and 12:30 pm, and on Sun at 12:30 and 2 pm. Admission $11, $8 for seniors and students, free for children under 18. Free for all on Sat from 10 am to 1 pm.
Hood Museum of Art
Wheelock St., Dartmouth College, Hanover NH (map) 603.646.2808 hood.museum@dartmouth.edu http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/
Permanent collection includes European, American, Asian, African, and modern art. Highlights include a set of Assyrian reliefs from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Northern Renaissance and Baroque prints, and notable works by American artists such as Thomas Eakins, Frederic Remington, and John Sloan. Open on Tues, Thurs, Fri, and Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, on Wed until 9 pm, and on Sun from noon to 5 pm. Free.
THROUGH JUNE 17 "From Discovery to Dartmouth: The Assyrian Reliefs at the Hood Museum of Art, 1856 - 2006" THROUGH JULY 8 "Pilobolus Comes Home: Three Decades of Dance Photographs" THROUGH DEC 9 "American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art" JUNE 9 THROUGH SEPT 9 "Wenda Gu: Retranslating and Rewriting Tang Dynasty Poetry" JUNE 9 THROUGH OCT 28 "Wenda Gu: the green house"
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Rte 12A, Cornish, NH (map) 603.675.2175 http://www.sgnhs.org
The home, gardens, and studios of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens feature sculptures of subjects ranging from Pan to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (a 1997 cast of the memorial displayed on Boston Common). Through October, open daily from 9 am to 4:30 pm. Admission $5, free for children under 16.
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