Norman Rockwell Museum

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David Macaulay: The Making of Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World Sunday, January 26, 1 p.m. Meet legendary artist and author David Macaulay whose work is on view. He will discuss the making of Crossing on Time, his personal memoir of immigrating to the United States from Great Britain on the extraordinary steamship the SS United States. A book signing will follow. Free for Members, children/teens 18 [...]

Martin Luther King Weekend MLK Day Family Art Adventure: Monday, January 20, 1 p.m. This family program appropriate for elementary age students and their caregivers includes close looking and conversation about Norman Rockwell’s civil rights images, reading of the new children’s book Ruby Head High: Ruby Bridges First Day of School by Irene Cohen-Janca and illustrated by Marc Daniau, and art making in response. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission.

Voices Program Series First Sundays, January - May, 2 p.m. This series welcomes a variety of voices from our community to the Museum to explore: What can we learn when we look at others’ stories? What do we need to remember and why does it matter? How can making art help us reflect on and better understand our own and others’ stories? Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. January 5, [...]

New Year's Day In observance of the holiday, the Museum will be closed today. Please join us tomorrow, we are open from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m.

Christmas In observance of the holiday, the Museum will be closed today. Please join us tomorrow, we are open from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m.

Holiday Book Fair - Meet the Authors Saturday, December 14, 1 - 4 p.m. 1 - 2 p.m. Berkshire Music School music teachers read and perform music inspired by Norman Rockwell’s children’s book, Willie Was Different. 2 - 4 p.m. Holiday Books Open House. Local authors share remarks about creating their books. Signed copies are for sale. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. Reserve your members ticket at tickets@nrm.org Image [...]

Please plan to arrive prior to 1:30 p.m. today if you wish to view the Saturday Evening Post cover exhibition. Access to The Stockbridge Room, housing the exhibition, will end at 2:30 p.m. in order for the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Board of Trustees to convene their quarterly meeting. Your flexibility in scheduling and understanding is appreciated. For your convenience, the short video of Norman Rockwell can be viewed here.

HOLIDAY FUN at NRM! Santa’s Workshop in Downtown Stockbridge Sunday December 8, 12 - 2 p.m. Join us at St. Paul’s Church in downtown Stockbridge to create and decorate festive holiday decorations of your own. Free with Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas admission*. *Learn more about the Annual Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas event, recreating Norman Rockwell’s beloved painting, at StockbridgeChamber.org Image Credit: Stockbridge Mainstreet at Christmas (Home for Christmas), Norman Rockwell. 1967. Oil on [...]

HOLIDAY FUN at NRM! Celebrate Rockwell’s Main Street- Family Day Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. See the painting that kicks off the town of Stockbridge’s annual re-creation event. Enjoy gallery talks that highlight Rockwell’s beloved panoramic painting; plus enjoy other holiday-inspired artworks on view. Get creative with DIY art activities in the Art Zone. Try out Virtual Reality (from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.) and pose for fun Rockwellian photo ops. Hot [...]

Curatorial Conversations: Grateful for Art Saturday, November 30, 1 p.m. A special Thanksgiving Weekend program. What are we thankful for and how can we show it visually? Chief Curator Stephanie Plunkett will lead a close looking exploration through the galleries and will share the behind the scenes story of how the Finding Home exhibit came together.

Thanksgiving In observance of the holiday, the Museum will be closed today. Please join us tomorrow, we are open from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m.

Tanglewood Linde Center Finding Home/Belonging Collaboration with Norman Rockwell Museum Saturday, November 23 9:30 a.m. *SPECIAL EARLY OPENING FOR MEMBERS: Enjoy a members-only tour of the Finding Home exhibition and discussion with artist Frances Jetter and curators Stephanie Plunkett and Martin Mahoney. 10 a. m. – 12 p.m. Special tours of the Finding Home exhibition at the Museum with one of the featured artists Frances Jetter and curators Stephanie Plunkett and Martin Mahoney, with behind-the-scenes [...]

Rockwell Society: Reception Monday, November 18, 6-8 p.m. At Bonhams, 580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022 Join us in Manhattan for a reception and preview of American Art that will be included in an upcoming auction at Bonhams.  NRM Director/CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt will give a talk on the relationship of illustration art to the world of American art.  A lavish reception will follow. For more information on The Rockwell Society (including how to [...]

Veteran’s Day Art Talk Monday, November 11, 1 p.m. Learn about Norman Rockwell’s experience in the Navy and the heartfelt images he made of soldiers in all branches of the armed forces during World War I and II. Image Credit: Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Willie Gillis in Convoy, c. 1943. Unused painting for The Saturday Evening Post cover, c. 1943. Private collection. ©Norman Rockwell Family Agency. All rights reserved.