The Norman Rockwell Museum is an art museuminStockbridge, Massachusetts, United States, dedicated to the art of Norman Rockwell. It is home to the world's largest collection of original Rockwell art. The museum also hosts traveling exhibitions pertaining to American illustration.
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| Established | April 3, 1993 (1993-04-03) (current building) |
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| Location | Stockbridge, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°17′16.4″N 73°20′9.2″W / 42.287889°N 73.335889°W / 42.287889; -73.335889 |
| Type | Art museum |
| Key holdings | Four Freedoms, Norman Rockwell Archives |
| Director | Laurie Norton Moffatt |
| President | Alice Carter |
| Architect | Robert A. M. Stern |
| Nearest parking | free parking onsite |
| Website | www.nrm.org |
The museum was founded in 1969 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where Rockwell lived the last 25 years of his life.[1] Originally located on Main Street in a building known as the Old Corner House,[2] the museum moved to its current location 24 years later,[1] opening to the public on April 3, 1993.[3] The current museum building was designed by 2011 Driheaus Prize winner and New Classical architect Robert A. M. Stern.[1]
In addition to 574 original works of art by Rockwell, the museum also houses the Norman Rockwell Archives, a collection of more than 100,000 items, including photographs, fan mail, and various business documents. In 2014, the Famous Artists School donated its archives, including process drawings by Rockwell, who was one of its founding faculty members (in 1948), to the museum.[4]
Works by Rockwell at the museum include:[5]
The museum also houses the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, a national research institute dedicated to American illustration art.
In 2008, the museum received the National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities.[7][8] In 2016, the museum received a grant of $1.5 million from the George Lucas Family Foundation, which will be used by "the museum's digital learning and engagement division to create multimedia experiences."[9]
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