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“Attractions & Culture in New Britain, CT”
The New Britain Museum of American Art’s founding in 1903 entitles the institution to be designated the first museum of strictly American art in the country. That year, a $20,000 gift of gold bonds to the museum’s former parent, the New Britain Institute, from industrialist John Butler Talcott, created funds to purchase ”modern oil paintings.” Subsequent purchases, with advice from New York museums and galleries, further defined ”modern” to mean American works of art, now numbering more than 10,236. With particular strengths in colonial portraiture, the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, and the Ash Can School, not to mention the important mural series The Arts of Life in America by Thomas Hart Benton, the museum relies heavily on its permanent collection for exhibitions and programming, yet also displays a significant number of borrowed shows and work by emerging artists. The singular focus on American art and its panoramic view of American artistic achievement make the New Britain Museum of American Art a significant teaching resource available to the local, regional, and national public.
The New Britain Museum of American Art is such a beautiful local gem! Everyone should go see the masterpieces it's walls hold. If you have already gone, go again! The exhibitions change around... Read more
Beautiful museum. Even better on Saturday mornings when it's free for the residents! They have increased the special events and I think that's wonderful! I would love to learn more about programs... Read more
I found about about NBMMA through their free Saturday visit program. I always find myself gravitating towards the upstairs video section as the films are always on par with my interests l which is... Read more
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