New In Town (Grades: K-5)

NEW IN TOWN (GRADES K-5)

Discuss segregation and civil rights as you explore Rockwell’s “New Kids in The Neighborhood”.

Painted in 1967, this illustration depicts suburban integration in Chicago’s Park Forrest community. As a vision of positive change and growing tolerance, the children appear as if they will soon play together.

GOALS

  • Explore civil rights
  • Explore friendship
  • Participate in collaborative conversation

MATERIALS

  • A printed or digital copy of “New Kids in The Neighborhood”
  • Writing paper

New In Town (Grades: K-5)2018-04-27T15:23:04-04:00

New Year’s Events at Norman Rockwell Museum

Happy New Year from Norman Rockwell Museum. We start 2014 with an exciting list of exhibitions and programs for the whole family, including "Dance," a family day inspired by the art of Ruth Sanderson (January 11); a lecture by Jane Allen Petrick, author of "Hidden in Plain Sight: The Other People in Norman Rockwell's America" (January 18); and a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 20. Programs are free with regular Museum admission.

New Year’s Events at Norman Rockwell Museum2017-03-01T11:39:21-05:00

Imagining Freedom to Launch at NRM.org

Stockbridge, Mass.—February 22, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum announces the launch of Imagining Freedom, an interactive virtual exhibition that explores the history, artistic interpretations, and contemporary resonance of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s concept of four basic human rights, the Four Freedoms. The exhibition highlights the important role of Norman Rockwell and other artists in advancing and communicating these ideals, envisioned as core human rights for all people. The launch of this new virtual exhibition coincides with the 80th anniversary of the publication of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms portrayals in The Saturday Evening Post.

Imagining Freedom to Launch at NRM.org2024-02-23T10:21:46-05:00

Rockwell Re-Interpreted: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

Rockwell Re-Interpreted: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
The Problem We All Live With, 1963
Illustration for Look, January 14, 1964, pp. 22-23
Oil on canvas
Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, NRM.1975.01

After resigning his forty-seven year tenure with The Saturday Evening Post in 1963, Rockwell embraced the challenge of addressing the nation’s pressing concerns in a pared down, reportorial style. The Problem We All Live With for […]

Rockwell Re-Interpreted: Highlights from the Permanent Collection2022-11-18T15:00:30-05:00

Pops Peterson: Rockwell Revisited

Pops Peterson: Rockwell Revisited

October 17, 2020 through May 31, 2021

In 2015, Berkshire-based artist and writer Pops Peterson debuted Reinventing Rockwell, a series of artworks reimagining mid-century illustrations by Norman Rockwell in a manner reflective of today’s times. Celebrating America’s rich diversity and embracing Rockwell’s sense of humanity, Peterson has created images that envision social change and express his desire for a positive, inclusive, and […]

Pops Peterson: Rockwell Revisited2023-01-18T13:24:45-05:00

The “Contemporary” Racial Conscience and Sensitivity of Norman Rockwell

The 1960s would prove to be the opening of the floodgates of Rockwell’s love and concern for all humanity. After leaving the Post in 1963 he did one of his most famous and important paintings, “The Problem We All Live With”. This symbolized a moment in the life of Ruby Bridges at six years old being escorted by U.S. Marshalls to help end segregation in a school in the South. But it was also a depiction of a moment in the state of America that still resonates to this very day and moment.

The “Contemporary” Racial Conscience and Sensitivity of Norman Rockwell2020-06-12T12:11:12-04:00

Your Norman Rockwell Virtual Museum

Virtual Museum

There is a lot to see and do in the virtual Norman Rockwell Museum!

Upcoming events

Morning Meeting

Norman Rockwell Visits a Family Doctor

Virtual Exhibitions

(library element)

Video Gallery

Sketch Club

From the Archives

Your Norman Rockwell Virtual Museum2020-04-08T09:25:33-04:00

Changing Times: Norman Rockwell’s Art for Look Magazine

Changing Times: Norman Rockwell’s Art for Look Magazine

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), “Springtime in Stockbridge,” 1971. Oil on canvas, 32” x 68”. Story illustration for “Look,” June 1, 1971.Norman Rockwell Museum Collections. ©Norman Rockwell Family Agency. All rights reserved.

CURRENTLY ON VIEW UNTIL MAY 1, 2018

In the 1960’s, leaving behind his beloved story-telling scenes, Norman Rockwell threw […]

Changing Times: Norman Rockwell’s Art for Look Magazine2020-07-01T20:29:25-04:00

Remembering Elaine Gunn

We are saddened to learn of the passing of our dear friend and colleague Elaine Gunn. Elaine worked with Norman Rockwell Museum as both gallery guide and school program guide for over 18 years, and served on our Board from 1996 to 2002. She and her family also knew Norman Rockwell personally.

Remembering Elaine Gunn2017-03-03T10:52:57-05:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Host Rockwell Models Reunion

Norman Rockwell Museum Host Rockwell Models Reunion Stockbridge, MA, July 11, 2016—Throughout Norman Rockwell’s career, models played an important part in the development of his artwork. In 1916’s Boy with Baby Carriage, Rockwell’s first painting for The Saturday Evening Post, model Billy Paine was called on to portray all three boys in the humorous illustration and went on to pose for several additional covers during the artist’s early […]

Norman Rockwell Museum Host Rockwell Models Reunion2017-03-01T11:37:46-05:00

Learn

Visit our Virtual Museum!

Norman Rockwell Museum has been creating new ways for our visitors to discover our extensive collections of art, historical objects and scholarship.

We are thrilled to now have curated experiences that collect related images, photography, video, audio and history relating to the Museum’s renowned collection of Norman Rockwell’s original paintings, his Stockbridge Studio, as well as the Museum’s vast collection of illustration art.

Please enjoy exploring this expanded content that […]

Learn2020-07-02T12:49:26-04:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Shares Norman Rockwell’s Civil Rights Era Works on Google Cultural Institute

In celebration of Black History Month, Norman Rockwell Museum has partnered with Google to share artworks and artifacts from its permanent collection, that illustrate Norman Rockwell’s dedication to civil rights. Available through the Google Cultural Institute website, "Norman Rockwell In The Age of the Civil Rights Movement" presents Rockwell’s paintings, rarely seen studies, reference photos, and correspondence relating to his important works created during the period; the online exhibition joins over 4000 new items –including 80 exhibits and three expeditions—that document different moments throughout African American history.

Norman Rockwell Museum Shares Norman Rockwell’s Civil Rights Era Works on Google Cultural Institute2017-03-01T11:38:19-05:00

Norman Rockwell in the Age of the Civil Rights Movement (Google Cultural Institute)

Google is celebrating Black History, Arts and Culture with a large online exhibition comprised of exhibits from many institutions across the country, including the Norman Rockwell Museum. Explore three pivotal illustrations by Norman Rockwell from this important and historic period in our country. Featuring video tours, reference photos, pencil and color studies, and correspondence to and from Norman Rockwell in response to his work on these illustrations.

Norman Rockwell in the Age of the Civil Rights Movement (Google Cultural Institute)2017-03-01T11:38:20-05:00

Winter Display

Come in from the cold and enjoy our new group of themed galleries of Norman Rockwell's work. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Rockwell's first "Saturday Evening Post" cover, "Boy with Baby Carriage" (May 20, 1916); all year long we will be celebrating this and other milestones in the artist's career.

Winter Display2017-03-01T11:38:21-05:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents “Coming of Age: Rockwell’s Children Grow Up”

As part of its new Food for Thought series of talks, Norman Rockwell Museum will present "Coming of Age: Rockwell’s Children Grow Up," on Sunday, December 13, starting at 11 a.m. The term "Rockwellian" has been used to denote a world replete with harmony in familial relationships, patriotism, optimism, and a general feeling that all is well. In Norman Rockwell’s world, children grow up before our eyes—still disobeying rules, grappling with social pressures, and struggling with their evolution to adulthood. Jesse Kowalski, the Museum’s Curator of Exhibitions, will look at the many children in Rockwell’s work, who are portrayed as dimensional beings in all stages of life. A continental brunch will be served. Admission to the talk costs $20, $15 for Museum members, and includes Museum admission. For more information or to make reservations, please contact the Museum at 413.931.2221.

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents “Coming of Age: Rockwell’s Children Grow Up”2017-03-01T11:38:25-05:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Galleries Reinterpreted with “Norman Rockwell: Heroes, Humor, and Growing Up”

In conjunction with its current exhibition, "Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs," which also celebrates family, life’s humorous moments, and standing up to adversity, Norman Rockwell Museum will reinstall its main galleries to focus on these thematic elements, and offer an in-depth look at the artist’s process. "Norman Rockwell: Heroes, Humor, and Growing Up" will be on view at the Museum through October 18, 2015.

Norman Rockwell Museum Galleries Reinterpreted with “Norman Rockwell: Heroes, Humor, and Growing Up”2017-03-01T11:38:27-05:00

Resource Guide

RESOURCE GUIDE 

Reference photo for: The Farmer Takes a Ride 1952

NORMAN ROCKWELL AND AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION ART:

A RESOURCE GUIDE

Prepared by Corry Kanzenberg, Curator of Archival Collections

This guide is meant to assist researchers of Norman Rockwell and American illustration art. The resources listed herein may be located online, through academic libraries, public libraries, or through interlibrary loan services.

The […]

Resource Guide2017-03-01T11:37:14-05:00

Norman Rockwell in the 1960s

Norman Rockwell in the 1960s

An exhibition organized by Norman Rockwell Museum

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The Final Impossibility: Man’s Tracks on the Moon (Two Men on the Moon) Norman Rockwell. 1969. Story illustration for Look, December 30, 1969. Collection of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. © Norman Rockwell Family […]

Norman Rockwell in the 1960s2020-08-06T16:24:30-04:00

Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera


Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera

An exhibition organized by Norman Rockwell Museum

Host this exhibition.  Learn More >

About the Exhibition

Photography has been a benevolent tool for artists from Thomas Eakins and Edgar Degas to David Hockney. And to illustrators, always on the lookout for better ways to meet deadlines, the camera has long been […]

Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera2020-08-06T17:28:33-04:00

For Teachers

Teacher Programs

Museum staff organize professional development seminars and develop special school-based curriculum projects on Rockwell, illustration, and visual communication. To discuss how we can work with you, please contact:Education Department 413.298.4100, ext 260 or 252

Thank you, thank you for your pictures of the world we live in. Of thanks-giving and gossips of war and prejudice. Of our lives. I LOVE them ALL! – Emily, age […]

For Teachers2017-03-01T11:37:22-05:00

The Community Challenge

The Community Challenge

The Museum’s Board of Trustees invites you to participate in supporting Norman Rockwell Museum. Their hope is that you, who know the many ways that the Museum serves and builds community, enriches education, and captures the humanity of our times, will make donations that advance the Museum’s mission. Thank you for your generosity and your investment in the future.

Give to all areas of the Museum’s work, or pick an area of focus you […]

The Community Challenge2021-06-16T11:31:14-04:00

Family Fun Fest

Welcome to Family Fun Fest with the Norman Rockwell Museum!

We can’t believe it has been a year since the last Family Fun Fest.  My how time flies!  We hope you are doing well and staying safe.

Although we cannot celebrate art in the Berkshires in person, or at least in the fashion to which we have been accustomed, we hope you will enjoy these virtual offerings as we celebrate this year’s […]

Family Fun Fest2023-04-19T14:44:06-04:00

The Art of Storytelling

It's summer... and the Berkshires are beautiful. This week is the perfect time for a road trip to Norman Rockwell Museum, where we will be keeping things cool with a celebration of the art of storytelling. Join us this Thursday, August 6, 5:30 p.m. as we welcome three award-winning storytellers for a Story Slam. Tony Toledo, Norah Dooley, and Ben Cunningham will lead interactive exercises, followed by a chance for the audience to share their own stories at an open mic. Co-presented by MassMouth, the premier Greater Boston-based organization dedicated to the fine art of storytelling, the event is free for members or with Museum admission.

The Art of Storytelling2017-03-01T11:38:32-05:00
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