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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Norman Rockawell: Imagining Freedom - A Virtual Exhibition

This virtual exhibition is an experience that you access on your computer, mobile device, or virtual reality (VR) headset.  Once you purchase it, you can access it at any anytime, anywhere, however many times you would like.

Price: $5
Members: Free

Organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, Imagining Freedom is a virtual exhibition that explores the history and enduring legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s concept of the Four Freedoms.  The exhibition also highlights the important role played by Norman Rockwell and other American artists in communicating and advancing these universal values.

Imagining Freedom brings together over 400 artworks and objects organized into 8 thematic galleries. This exhibition is based on the exhibition Norman Rockwell: Imagining Freedom that traveled to six cities across the United States of America and France, before returning to the Norman Rockwell Museum.  This virtual exhibition provides over 3x the amount of content than what was in the original exhibition.  Viewers can explore layers of content drawn from the Museum’s collections and archives, including audio and video, reference photographs and studies, interviews, historical documents, letters and artist’s statements.

Imagining Freedom - Main Gallery
Speeches of Freedom for Freedom of Speech

Experience the beautiful galleries of Norman Rockwell Museum in the comfort of your own home, on the road, or in the classroom!

You can interact with practically every element in the exhibition.  Many of the images, especially those by Norman Rockwell, provide deeper access to related materials in the Museum’s digital collection, including: reference photos, sketches, studies, and correspondence.

Access new content specifically produced for this virtual exhibition including the Speeches of Freedom gallery.

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MCLA Students Reflect on Norman Rockwell’s American Family

Recently, we enjoyed the pleasure of a visit from Dr. Susan Birns and the bright, inquisitive Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) students in her American Family class. The group joined Curator of Education Tom Daly, Dr. Birns, and I in conversation about the power of published art in mid twentieth century America, and the messages about established gender roles in family life as reflected in the illustration art of the era. After their visit, the class was presented with a print of Norman Rockwell's 1955 Saturday Evening Post cover, Marriage License, as well as an assignment from Dr. Birns, who invited them to analyze the piece within the context of their studies. We appreciate the opportunity to showcase the astute observations of six of Dr. Birns students, including Marissa Mahoney, Stephanie Esposito, Amanda Burnham, Samantha Burke, and Julia Ashton, and we know you will enjoy them too.

Land Acknowledgement

It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we are learning, speaking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, who are the indigenous peoples of this land on which the Norman Rockwell Museum was built. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.

Postman Reading Mail

Norman Rockwell, Postman Reading Mail, 1922. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 18, 1922.

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