Welcome to Family Fun Fest with the Norman Rockwell Museum!
We can’t believe it has been a year since the last Family Fun Fest. My how time flies! We hope you are doing well and staying safe.
Although we cannot celebrate art in the Berkshires in person, or at least in the fashion to which we have been accustomed, we hope you will enjoy these virtual offerings as we celebrate this year’s festivities. This is but a sampling of many things we offer in our Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum.
If you are in the neighborhood, the Museum is open Thursdays through Mondays, from 9am to 5pm.
We look forward to the time when we can celebrate Family Fun Fest with you in person. Be well and take care.
Your friends at the Norman Rockwell Museum
360 Degree Tour of Norman Rockwell’s Studio
This is a 360-degree tour of Norman Rockwell’s Studio. If you are on your computer, simply drag the video left and right to look around the studio. If you are watching the video on your mobile phone, it is best to watch the video full screen. Then while watching the video, turn left or right, and the view of the video will follow your movement.
Sketch Club
Sketch Club is your chance to get drawing instruction from the Norman Rockwell Museum. These videos are constructed to teach you not only the fundamental elements of drawing but also how to incorporate techniques that add realism to your images. This collection of videos will vary between instructor led classes to simple drawing demonstrations that help you better understand the process of drawing. Enjoy!
We want to hear from you!
If you have drawn an image and you would like to share it with us, email us at sketchclub@nrm.org or post your image on Instagram using the hashtag #NRMsketchclub.
Remember, if you are under 18 years of age, please make sure to get your parent’s permission to share your image.
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Current Exhibition Videos
The Art of Norman Rockwell
Liza Donnelly: Comic Relief
Rose O’Neill: Artist & Suffragette
Burton Silverman: In Search of the Constitution
Quick Pics
Quick Pics are short 5-minute videos that introduce you and your class to a Norman Rockwell image. Notice and wonder about the elements and details that go into each image. Learn some fun facts and participate in an activity inspired by each image. There will be a new theme of images each week. These activities target grades K-6 . Learn more about this activity, download accompanying talking points, and access other curriculum on the NRM Curriculum Lab.
Berkshire Immigrant Stories
Berkshire Immigrant Stories was a collaborative effort to record and share Berkshire County residents’ stories of their journeys to the United States and our region. Some of these stories are personal, while others recount familial immigration journeys. These rich local stories were incorporated into Norman Rockwell Museum’s 2019-20 exhibition, Finding Home: Four Artists’ Journeys, which explores similar themes.
Norman Rockwell Museum is so thankful for the first-, second-, and third-generation stories we were honored to receive. Please click on the videos below to hear Berkshire County residents describing their journeys and reflecting on themes of home, hope, and belonging.
The Berkshire Resident Stories and Storybooth project were generously supported by the Elephant Rock Foundation.
A special note about the photograph: This photograph features Berkshire County residents who generously shared their immigration journeys. The individuals are arranged in a manner to evoke Norman Rockwell’s iconic 1961 painting, The Golden Rule. This painting distilled the principle that Rockwell believed was at the core of the world’s religions: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” His montage portrait brings together people of many backgrounds, cultures, and races to offer a powerful vision of acceptance, tolerance, and peace. Rockwell pursued and refined versions of this painting for eight years. “I never stopped thinking that it was worthwhile,” he said.
Audio Tours – Norman Rockwell Museum Mobile App
This mobile app gives Norman Rockwell enthusiasts access to the Museum’s award-winning audio tour that can be used when visiting the Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, or at any one of the Museum’s traveling exhibitions on view at other locations across the United States and abroad, or right in the comfort of your own home! It also provides access to past exhibitions that are no longer on view at the Museum that you may to want view on demand at your leisure.
What makes the Museum’s audio tours unique is that we strive to produce content for these tours in the artists’ own voices. Additionally, by using image recognition, you can scan a popular Norman Rockwell image using this app and there is a good chance that the app will serve up audio content for that image.
Select audio tours on the mobile app have also been translated into additional languages. The main Norman Rockwell audio tour is available in English and Spanish (partial). The Four Freedoms audio tour is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Japanese, and Chinese.