CURRENT PRESS RELEASES

Stockbridge, Mass.—January 17, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum presents captivating artwork with enigmatic and magical appeal in its new exhibition, Mystery and Wonder: Highlights from the Illustration Collection. Opening March 2 and running through June 16, this exhibition features selected images from Norman Rockwell Museum’s Permanent Collection, which now holds almost 25,000 artworks created by more than 300 illustrators.

STOCKBRIDGE, MA, September 7, 2023—Norman Rockwell Museum presents the first major American retrospective of artist Leo Lionni, a groundbreaking modernist graphic designer and magazine art director who gained worldwide popularity as the writer and illustrator of nearly 40 children’s books in as many years. Opening November 18 and running through May 27, 2024, Between Worlds: The Art and Design of Leo Lionni explores the artist’s vision and legacy across three distinct yet interrelated domains: graphic art and design; children’s books; and personal works in various media.

STOCKBRIDGE, MA-- Norman Rockwell Museum presents Nora Krug: Belonging featuring art by the noted contemporary illustrator, who has assembled a list of prestigious accolades for her comics and graphic novels. On view from March 19 through June 19, 2023, this new exhibition will present more than 200 original drawings and paintings by Nora Krug, as well as the historical artifacts, letters, photographs, and personal items that inspired the artist’s work.

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES FALL/WINTER EXHIBITION OPENING NOVEMBER 12 ELOISE AND MORE: THE LIFE AND ART OF HILARY KNIGHT

On View November 13, 2021 through March 6, 2022

Norman Rockwell Museum (NRM) is pleased to announce the upcoming winter exhibition, Jan Brett: Stories Near and Far. Featuring more than 100 original illustrations, sketches, and personal artifacts, this seasonal family-friendly exhibition explores the range of Brett’s art and the travel experiences that have inspired her many books and characters. Spanning twenty-five years, Stories Near and Far is the most extensive exhibition of Brett’s picture book art to date, and will be on view from November 13, 2021 to March 6, 2022. Brett is one of the nation’s foremost and most widely read author/illustrators for children, with over 42 million books in print.

Rockwell Painting of Ruby Bridges Inspires Viral Kamala Harris Image On view at Norman Rockwell Museum’s featured fall/winter exhibition: Imagining Freedom STOCKBRIDGE, MA— A visual image is worth a thousand words. Millions have recently seen [...]

Norman Rockwell Museum Engages Top Illustrators to Inspire Voting through the Power of Art ‘The Unity Project’ Aims to Motivate and Unify Americans to Exercise Their Rights for the 2020 Election Stockbridge, MA, September 22, [...]

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM PRESENTS ROSE O’NEILL: ARTIST AND SUFFRAGETTE Special exhibition celebrates the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial, on view through September 27 STOCKBRIDGE, MA—Rose O’Neill: Artist & Suffragette is a special installation created with recently acquired [...]