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February 14 - May 29, 2016 - This exhibition will feature a unique selection of 19th century wedding dresses and wedding-related accessories drawn from the museum’s collection. The tradition of a white wedding dress is credited to Britain’s Queen Victoria when she chose this color for her marriage to Prince Albert in 1840. Historically the wedding dress was not always white. Dresses of different c...

This exhibition, from The Andy Warhol Museum, includes Canis Major: Andy Warhol’s Dogs and Cats, and features 65 objects including paintings, photographs, video and archival materials. Pop master Andy Warhol explored the theme of romantic love in images of hearts and cupids and images of his paramours. Monday: Closed Sundays: 12 noon - 5:00 p.m.

This exhibit will use silicone and a caulking gun, Chad Andrews creates wall drawings of trucks, tractors and implements taken from his life on a farm. These ephemeral, one-time installations are destroyed when ended, and will never be displayed again. Monday: Closed Sundays: 12 noon - 5:00 p.m.

This astonishing exhibition features master etchings by Albrecht Durer and Rembrandt van Rijn and several of their contemporaries. This presentation of more than 50 etchings provides an opportunity to view the religious works of these great masters side by side and consider the historical contexts, religious backgrounds, and aesthetic approaches of each. Monday: Closed Sundays: 12 noon - 5:00 p.m.

This exhibition marks the first time collectors Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy have organized and loaned a complete exhibition from their private collection to a museum. The exhibition of contemporary art seeks to bring further awareness to economic, environmental, political, and social issues that affect us all, including economic disparity, global warming, racism, discrimination, and war. Th...

This retrospective exhibit brings 150 years of Chase to life through archival photographs and objects which tell the story of the School through the student experience. In 2005, St. Margaret’s-McTernan changed its name to Chase Collegiate School, honoring the Chase family, which helped to found both. From the beginning until the present day, by educating tomorrow’s leaders and inspiring in each st...

Drawing from the collection of the Second Ward Foundation, the museum presents video artists from Brazil, Germany and beyond who explore how chance determines outcome, how control can be ceded, and how collaboration furthers conceptual development. Artists include Rivane Neuenschwander and Cao Guimarães, and Carolee Schneemann among others. Monday: Closed Sundays: 12 noon - 5:00 p.m.

Curated by artist Duvian Montoya, this exhibition explores the artistic and biographical evolution of fives artists by pairing an earlier work with a presently produced one. The exhibition includes painting, mixed media reliefs, street art/graffiti and fiber installations by Jamison Banks, Amy Bilden, Vincent Calenzo, Duvian Montoya and Jahmane West. Monday: Closed Sundays: 12 noon - 5:00 p.m.

A floor sculpture will be created for the exhibition at the Mattatuck. This retrospective of wall relief sculptures by Don Gummer reaches from the 1970s to the present. Gummer’s multi-layered sculptures, and the drawings that accompany them, reference architectural history from Renaissance Italy to traditional Japan to colonial house design. Monday: Closed Sundays: 12 noon - 5:00 p.m.

An exhibit of historic signatures from the Museum's archives including letters from Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, P.T. Barnum, J. Edgar Hoover, Alexander Calder, and many others. The collection will be exhibited in the history gallery. Monday: Closed Sundays: 12 noon - 5:00 p.m.