American Artist Appreciation Month is celebrated across the U.S. throughout August.
What better way to celebrate American artists than by visiting a local museum!
Below are a few art museums and galleries around the tri-state:
CONNECTICUT
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum258 Main St, Ridgefield, CT 06877
Website Bruce Museum1 Museum Dr, Greenwich, CT 06830
Website Fairfield University Art Museum200 Barlow Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
Website Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum295 West Ave, Norwalk, CT 06850
Website Mattatuck Museum144 W Main St, Waterbury, CT 06702
Website The Mark Twain House & Museum351 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT 06105
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MoCA Westport19 Newtown Turnpike, Westport, CT 06880
Website Prudence Crandall Museum1 S Canterbury Rd, Canterbury, CT 06331
Website Silvermine Arts Center1037 Silvermine Rd, New Canaan, CT 06840
Website Yale University Art Gallery1111 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510
Website HUDSON VALLEY
Dia Beacon3 Beekman St, Beacon, NY 12508
Website Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center82 N Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960
Website Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Website Hudson River Museum511 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701
Website Hudson Valley MOCA1701 Main St, Peekskill, NY 10566
Website Katonah Museum of Art134 Jay St, Katonah, NY 10536
Website Neuberger Museum of Art735 Anderson Hill Rd, Purchase, NY 10577
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Pelham Art Center155 Fifth Ave #1503, Village of Pelham, NY 10803
Website Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art1 Hawk Dr, New Paltz, NY 12561
Website Storm King Art Center1 Museum Rd, New Windsor, NY 12553
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LONG ISLAND
The Heckscher Museum of Art2 Prime Ave, Huntington, NY 11743
Websites Hofstra Museum of Art112 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549
Websites Islip Art Museum50 Irish Ln, East Islip, NY 11730
Websites The Long Island Museum1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
Websites Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island20 Terry St Suite 116, Patchogue, NY 11772
Website Nassau County Museum of ArtOne Museum Dr, Roslyn, NY 11576
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Parrish Art Museum279 Montauk Hwy, Water Mill, NY 11976
Website Pollock-Krasner House830 Springs Fireplace Rd, East Hampton, NY 11937
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Southampton Arts Center25 Jobs Ln, Southampton, NY 11968
Website Steinberg Museum of Art720 Northern Blvd, Greenvale, NY 11548
Website NEW JERSEY
African Art Museum of the SMA23 Bliss Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
Website Clifton Arts Center & Sculpture Park900 Clifton Ave, Clifton, NJ 07013
Website Hoboken Historical Museum1301 Hudson St, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Website Hunterdon Art Museum7 Lower Center St, Clinton, NJ 08809
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John F. Peto Studio Museum102 Cedar Ave, Island Heights, NJ 08732
Website Montclair Art Museum3 S Mountain Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042
Website Morris Museum6 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ 07960
Website Museum of Fine Arts & Popular Culture507 Washington St Unit 104, Cape May, NJ 08204
Website New Jersey State Museum205 W State St, Trenton, NJ 08608
Website The Newark Museum of Art49 Washington St, Newark, NJ 07102
Website The Noyes Museum of ArtKramer Hall, 30 Front St, Hammonton, NJ 08037
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Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Website NEW YORK CITY
American Folk Art Museum2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023
Website Brooklyn Museum200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Website The Bronx Museum of the Arts1040 Grand Concourse, The Bronx, NY 10456
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Children's Museum of the Arts103 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014
Website The Drawing Center35 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013
Website Museum of Arts and Design2 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019
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Museum of the City of New York1220 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029
Website The Metropolitan Museum of Art1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028
Website The Museum of Modern Art11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
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New Museum235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
Website Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128
Website Whitney Museum of American Art99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014
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