Norman Rockwell Museum – Virtual Tour
The Norman Rockwell Museum is dedicated to the art of Norman Rockwell and is home to the world’s most extensive collection of original Rockwell art.
The museum was founded in 1969 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where Rockwell lived during the last 25 years of his life.
The museum’s collection includes over 570 original works of art by Rockwell and houses the Norman Rockwell Archives, of over 100,000 items, including photographs, fan mail, and business documents.
Norman Rockwell (1894 – 1978) was an American painter and illustrator whose works achieved broad popular appeal in their reflection of American culture.
Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life that he created for “The Saturday Evening Post” magazine over nearly five decades.
Rockwell also had a 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America, during which he produced covers for their publication Boys’ Life, calendars, and other illustrations.
He was a prolific artist, producing more than 4,000 original works. Rockwell was also commissioned to illustrate over 40 books.
Norman Rockwell was also selected to paint the portraits for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon and foreign leaders, including Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Serious art critics dismissed Rockwell’s work during his lifetime. In his later years, however, Rockwell began receiving more attention as a painter when he chose more serious subjects such as his series on racism for Look magazine.
Children Dancing at a Party by Norman Rockwell, 1918
Highlights of the Norman Rockwell Museum
- “The Four Freedoms” series by Norman Rockwell, 1943
- “Christmas Homecoming” by Norman Rockwell, 1948
- “Art Critic” by Norman Rockwell, 1955
- “Marriage License” by Norman Rockwell, 1955
- “Family Tree” by Norman Rockwell, 1959
- “The Problem We All Live With” by Norman Rockwell, 1963
- “The Peace Corps” (JFK’s Bold Legacy) by Norman Rockwell, 1966
- “Home for Christmas” (Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas), 1967
“Freedom of Worship” by Norman Rockwell, 1943
Norman Rockwell Museum
- Museum: Norman Rockwell Museum
- Artist: Norman Rockwell
- City: Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- State: Massachusetts
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1969
- Type: History Museum, Art Museum
- Location: Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Saturday Evening Post Cover by Norman Rockwell, 1921
Norman Rockwell Museum – Map
Norman Rockwell Museum – 360 Virtual Views
Norman Rockwell Museum – 360 Virtual Views
Norman Rockwell Museum – 360 Virtual Views
Norman Rockwell Museum
New York Museums – Virtual Tours
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art or MET
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum
- Neue Galerie New York
- The Cloisters
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- American Museum of Natural History
- Museum of the City of New York
- New-York Historical Society
- Frick Collection
- Met Breuer
- Rubin Museum of Art
- Brooklyn Museum
Norman Rockwell Museum
Washington, D.C. Museums – Virtual Tours
- National Gallery of Art
- National Museum of American History
- National Air and Space Museum
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Portrait Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The Phillips Collection
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- International Spy Museum
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Museums in Boston, Massachusetts
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Harvard Art Museums
- Freedom Trail
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- USS Constitution
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard
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Norman Rockwell Museum
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“The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure.
So, you see, they’re always looking ahead to something new and exciting.
The secret is not to look back.”
– Norman Rockwell
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Photo Credit: Norman Rockwell / Public domain; The Saturday Evening Post / Public domain
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