New Britain Museum of American Art

"We loved the permanent collection, especially the galleries of illustrators, Hudson River School, and American impressionists! It’s not a large museum but the quality of the artwork and the breadth of artists represented is exceptional! Highly recommend a visit."

"A world class museum from the wonderful selections to the zen-like (at least to me) physical space. Quite frankly, I was surprised and greatly impressed. Never thought I’d see something like this in CT. It’s the first museum in the US dedicated to American artists. The curator(s) have done an amazing job. Warhol, Okeefe, Moses, Sargent, Remington, Rockwell, et al. are all represented. Had lunch at the beautiful cafe overlooking the park. We visited on a Thus. No line to get in. There were three of us. Clinton library offers free tickets for up to four folks. You have to reserve those tickets first. It was a great day."

"This is a charming musium with a nice collection of art. They have a lot from different time periods and movements, including a couple that directly reference other works they have in their collection. They also have some which I'm not too crazy about, so I didn't take a lot of time to study. Mostly the postmodernism pieces. Overall, I think the place is too small. However, I don't have the funds to donate to give them a vew wing."

"Didn’t know this place existed but glad I went along with family to check it out. What a pleasant surprise it turned out to be. Stayed for close to an hour and a half. The building itself is very nice and well maintained. The galleries are spacious with plenty of room to get around and see paintings from differing vantage points. I was a big fan of the impressionist artwork! The whole exhibit on Walter Wick and I Spy has fantastic. Very interactive and we had a lot of fun as a family trying to find all the hidden objects!"

"As far as small art museums go, museum was pretty fantastic. It was clean and well maintained . We loved the Walter Wick exhibit. They had a lot of prints of his work and my kids loved finding the hidden objects. Another highlight was the videos of Walter Wick"s Rube Goldberg machines."