The Museum is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 - 4, Sunday 12 - 4.
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Founded in 1912, the Newport Art Museum is one of the oldest continuously operating and most highly regarded art museums and schools of its kind in the country.
The Newport Art Museum’s collection consists of approximately 3,000 works of art in a range of media including works on paper (prints, drawings, watercolors, and photographs), paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, installation works, and textiles and is expanding to include new media. Concentrated on American art and contemporary art, the Museum’s collection includes works of art from the 18th century to present.
As a valued Newport Art Museum member you're entitled to free admission, are invited to members' only events and exhibition tours, receive discounts on Museum School class tuition and public program tickets, and will be supporting the Museum's mission to share a diversity of art and experiences to our Newport community and beyond.
By supporting the Newport Art Museum Annual Fund at any level, you help make a positive difference in the lives of many. Our exhibitions, public programs, education, and community outreach, which includes a diversity of artistic voices, would not be possible without you. Help the Newport Art Museum continue to spark reflection, inspiration, discovery and build lasting connections by making your tax-deductible contribution today. We thank you for believing in the transformative power of art and allowing us to make art accessible to all for generations to come. Help the Newport Art Museum continue to spark reflection, inspiration, discovery, and build connections by making your tax-deductible contribution TODAY!
Are you a business owner who is looking for new ways to engage and connect with local Newport customers on a year round basis? We have the perfect opportunity. Sponsor a Newport tradition - The Newport Art Museum - Make NAM part of your marketing plan in 2025. We have an array of events and exhibits to offer you. Our first exciting event is the 2025 Winter Speaker Series in its 97th Year.
For the Museum’s first 2024 Art Excursion, join Director of Community Engagement Cristin Searles Bilodeau on a trip to Connecticut to visit the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain followed by the Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme. The New Britain’s dynamic permanent collection represents the major artists and movements in American Art – from colonial portraits, to Hudson River School landscapes, Impressionist to Modernist to Abstraction and Pop Art – and will be a pleasure to explore. The Florence Griswold Museum embodies the artistic spirit of its legacy as the home of the Lyme Art Colony supported by namesake Florence Griswold (a distant relation to our own John N. A. Griswold) and serves as the home of American Impressionism.
Our day will begin with a docent-guided tour of special exhibition THE LAND CARRIES OUR ANCESTORS: CONTEMPORARY ART BY NATIVE AMERICANS, curated by artist, educator, editor, activist, and writer Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation). The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and marked the first time Native art had been presented there in 30 years. The exhibition highlights artworks by nearly 50 living Native artists that powerfully visualize Indigenous culture and knowledge of the land. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s own artwork was recognized in a highly acclaimed 2023 retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was one of the Winter Speaker Series topics this winter.
After a delicious private catered lunch on site, guests may enjoy unscheduled time for visiting the permanent collection and other special exhibition galleries until we depart for the Florence Griswold Museum, where we will enjoy a guided tour of the historic house and highlights from the permanent collection and a visit to the spectacular gardens.
Friday, May 10 Itinerary:
8:00 am: Depart from the Newport Art Museum on a coach bus 10:30 am: Docent led Tour of THE LAND CARRIES OUR ANCESTORS exhibition 12:30 pm: Catered lunch at the Museum 2:00 pm: Depart the New Britain Museum for Florence Griswold Museum 3:00 pm: Docent led Tour of the Florence Griswold Museum 5:00 pm: Depart Florence Griswold Museum 6:30 pm: Approximate arrival back at the Newport Art Museum
Limited to 35 registrants (minimum 25) All expenses are included.
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