Summer-Autumn 1988 She Came for a Visit and Stayed 16 Years
Margaret and John Batty had just retired from their jobs in St. Louis a year earlier, when they came to the Berkshires to relax and spend Christmas with their son in 1972.
Curator’s Corner, by Maureen Hart Hennessey
Norman Rockwell’s use of friends and neighbors as models for his paintings is a well-known aspect of the illustrator’s work
Unexpected Treasures Found in Photo Archives, by Barbara Perkel
When Norman Rockwell’s studio was moved from his property in the center of Stockbridge to Linwood, his files of photographs were put into boxes and placed in storage with the hope that they would provide some surprises for the Museum.