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Norman Rockwell Museum
9 Route 183 Stockbridge, MA 01262 413-298-4100 x 221 Map www.nrm.org
HOURS SPECIAL HOURS: * These hours of operation are valid through January 18, 2021. Hours of operation may change as conditions and state/federal requirements evolve. Please visit the website for future updates regarding hours of operation beyond January 18, 2021. Timed-Ticketing Buy Tickets We believe in the power of the arts to improve life and are committed to being accessible. Where many face financial challenges during this time, we offer a Pay what you choose option. The Pay What You Choose initiative is supported in part by a member of the Norman Rockwell Museum Board of Trustees. For Free and Reduced prices, you may be required to present a valid ID demonstrating your status for qualifying for discounted pricing. DIRECTIONS Download a Printable version of Driving Directions (acrobat PDF). Important note: Many GPS and online maps do not accurately place Norman Rockwell Museum*. Please use the directions provided here and this map image for reference. Google Maps & Directions are correct! http://maps.google.com/ * Please help us inform the mapping service companies that incorrectly locate the Museum; let your GPS or online provider know and/or advise our Visitor Services office which source provided faulty directions.
MUSEUM HISTORY The Museum houses the world’s largest and most significant collection of Rockwell’s work, including 998 original paintings and drawings. Rockwell lived in Stockbridge for the last 25 years of his life. Rockwell’s Stockbridge studio, moved to the Museum site, is open to the public from May through October, and features original art materials, his library, furnishings, and personal items. The Museum also houses the Norman Rockwell Archives, a collection of more than 100,000 items, including working photographs, letters, personal calendars, fan mail, and business documents. Having spent its first 24 years at the Old Corner House on Stockbridge’s Main Street, the Museum moved to its present location, a 36-acre site overlooking the Housatonic River Valley, in 1993. Internationally renowned architect Robert A. M. Stern designed the Museum gallery building. One of the great charms of the Museum is its location. Many of Rockwell’s world-renowned images were drawn from the surrounding community and its residents. “The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, must be one of the most popular museums in the world,” wrote author Paul Johnson, “crammed from dawn till dusk with delighted visitors crowding round the originals of much-loved paintings. And one of the further pleasures of this enchanting place is that in the nearby little towns you can recognize among the locals the children and grandchildren of those whom Rockwell painted with dedicated veracity.”
The Museum has long presented the studio as it was when Rockwell passed away. Now, we have turned back the clock to an earlier, active period in his career: October 1960, when he was hard at work on his painting, Golden Rule, which would later appear on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Enjoy this special glimpse into Rockwell’s surroundings, working process, and sources of artistic inspiration…just as they were in 1960!
Exhibitions: Norman Rockwell: Home for the Holidays Jan Brett: Stories Near and Far The Artist’s Process: Norman Rockwell’s Color Studies |
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