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On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness
On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness transports visitors to the Arctic to confront the startling impacts of climate change. Remarkable animals from the Bruce’s natural history collections are paired with scale landscape models that showcase Alaska’s diverse ecosystem. The installation highlights both subtle and dramatic shifts occurring across the Alaskan landscape, bringing attention to the […]
Bruce Presents: Alaskan Dinosaurs: New Discoveries from an Ancient Arctic Ecosystem
Each year, hundreds of bird species migrate to the Arctic to nest and raise their young, benefitting from seasonally abundant food resources and up to six months of continuous summer daylight. They are essential members of their ecosystems, aiding in crucial tasks like pollination and seed dispersal and insect and small mammal population control. But […]
Nights Out: Maple Boildown
Did you know that the SM&NC is one of only two official maple sugar producers in Fairfield County? See first-hand how maple syrup is made in our very own Sugar House + Cidery using sap from the 100+ mature maple trees found right here on our 118-acre site. This adults-only evening of Maple Sugaring will […]
All In This Together: Highlights from our Printmaking Programs
All In This Together: Highlights from our Printmaking Programs Exhibition Dates: March 4-30, 2025 Over the past 12 months, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking has facilitated the printmaking projects of dozens of artists. We’ve hosted Artists-in-Residence, conducted collaboration and editioning services, offered workshops across a spectrum of printmaking processes, and mentored high school students through […]
Kenji Nakahashi: Strange Beauty
Best known for his conceptual and street photography, Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947–2017) produced a highly experimental body of work grounded in the everyday. Image: Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947–2017) Time–B, 1980 (printed 1985) Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Bruce Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi, 2022.01.33 © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona […]
Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist
The first monographic exhibition of her work in nearly two decades, Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist traces the artist’s pioneering approaches to abstraction in the United States. Image: Blanche Lazzell (American, 1878–1956) Church Around the Corner, 1949 Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 3/16 in. Art Museum of West Virginia University Collection, acquired through […]
On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness
On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness transports visitors to the Arctic to confront the startling impacts of climate change. Remarkable animals from the Bruce’s natural history collections are paired with scale landscape models that showcase Alaska’s diverse ecosystem. The installation highlights both subtle and dramatic shifts occurring across the Alaskan landscape, bringing attention to the […]
Insights into the Mattatuck Collection: Becca Lo Presti
Gain an inside look from the people who spend the most time in the Mattatuck Museum- our staff! Hear from Mattatuck Museum Assistant Curator, Becca Lo Presti, on her favorite pieces of art currently on display. Register Here Cost $10.00 per Adult $5.00 per Member Adult Sponsored by Christine & Eugene Shugrue Interested in […]
Full Moon Rise Night Hike
Hike through the almost-spring woods as our sun sets and the March full Worm Moon rises. We’ll see what signs of spring and wildlife we can find and enjoy the end of our winter season. Meets at Overbrook Nature Center. Limited to 16 participants. Each attendee age 3+ must have a ticket. Members: $10/participantNon-Members: $12/participant […]