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 Fenimore Art Museum
Calendar of Events, Cooperstown, N.Y.
One of
the nation's premier art institutions, the Fenimore Art Museum is home
to an exceptionally rich collection of American folk art and American
Indian art as well as important holdings in American decorative arts,
photography, and twentieth-century art. Founded in 1945 in Cooperstown,
New York, the museum is part of the New York State Historical
Association (NYSHA), founded in 1899. The museum's renowned Eugene and
Clare Thaw Collection, housed in the American Indian Wing, comprises
more than 800 significant art objects, representing a broad scope of
North American cultures. The collections of folk and American art
include seminal works by Grandma Moses, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Cole,
William Sidney Mount, Benjamin West, and John H. I. Browere. The museum
offers a range of interactive educational programming for children,
families, and adults, including lectures and workshops for museum
visitors and distance learning instruction for classrooms nationwide.
The museum further explores and examines our cultural history by
organizing and hosting nationally touring art and history exhibitions,
including Grandma Moses: Grandmother to the Nation;
Treasures from Olana: The Landscapes of Frederic Edwin Church;
A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of
John Brewster, Jr.; Winslow Homer: Masterworks from
the Adirondacks; and Ralph
Fasanella's America.
The
Fenimore Art Museum is located on 5798 State Hwy. 80, Lake Road, in
Cooperstown. The museum's Fenimore Café, overlooking beautiful Otsego
Lake, features wonderful views and a tranquil setting amid the terraced
gardens. The Museum Shop offers fine jewelry, art reproductions, and a
wide selection of publications on folk art, history, and Native
American art. Museum admission is $11 for adults, $9.50 for visitors
age 65 and over, and $5 for children age 7 to 12; children 6 and under
and NYSHA members are admitted free. Reduced price combination
admission tickets that include The Farmers' Museum and The National
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum are also available. The museum is open
from April 1 through December 30. For museum hours or general
information, please call 1-888-547-1450 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org. Go to The Fenimore Art Museum events page
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