Photo of Norman Rockwell and Grandma Moses, circa 1949. Photographer unknown. Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collections. ©NRELC: Niles, IL.

It’s Norman Rockwell’s birthday (February 3, 1894 to be exact)! To celebrate, Norman Rockwell Museum is offering free admission on Friday, February 3, 2012, to all Normans, Normas, and anyone else celebrating a birthday on that date!

The fun continues on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, when we will celebrate the 200th birthday of Rockwell’s literary hero, Charles Dickens! The Museum will offer free admission on that date to all Charlies, Charlenes, Chucks, and those who share the same birthday. And be sure to catch the exhibition Norman Rockwell and the Ghost of Dickens, on view at the Museum through February 25, 2012.