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Coming soon! H@H Kids “April Showers Bring May Flowers” Drawing

March 23, 2021

The next episode in the Heckscher @ Home Kids Edition Art Activity series is coming soon! Kids are invited to watch the premiere of a fun new “April Showers Bring…

Museum Acquisitions Celebrate Women Artists

The Heckscher Museum of Art will acquire new artwork from two leading women artists: Stella Waitzkin and Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso. “These acquisitions strengthen the Museum’s collection and affirm our commitment…

Heckscher Museum Awarded Greater Hudson Heritage Network Grant

The Heckscher Museum of Art has won a grant from the Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN). The award will be used to conserve Little Gull, a sculpture by Long Island…

Premiering Feb. 6! H@H Kids Edition: “The Snowy Day” Collage

January 27, 2021

Create this project along with Lisa! The instructional video will premiere here and on the Museum’s YouTube Channel on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 10:15 am. Project Overview For this…

H@H Kids Edition: Silhouetted Sunset Drawing (Episode 22)

Create this project along with Alyssa! Watch this video right here or on the Museum’s YouTube Channel. Project Overview: For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will learn…

ADOPT A WORK OF ART: Ira Jean Belmont Painting Adopted by Winifred F. Baim

Care and preservation of the collection is one of the principal responsibilities of a museum. Even in controlled museum environments, objects age. Exposure to light and atmospheric debris can discolor…

H@H Kids Edition: View From Your Window (Episode 21)

Create this project along with Lisa! Watch video right here or on the Museum’s YouTube Channel. Project Overview For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will learn about…

H@H Kids Edition: Daring Desserts (Episode 20)

Create this project along with Lisa! Watch this video right here or on the Museum’s YouTube Channel. Project Overview: For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will learn…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: George Romney’s “Portrait of Mrs. St. George and Child”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

After a delay of five months, Portrait of Mrs. St. George and Child (1791) has come home to The Heckscher Museum of Art. The George Romney (1734–1802) painting was on…

H@H Kids Edition: Summer Break! Tin Foil Marker Printmaking (Episode 19)

Create this project along with Lisa! Instructional video will premiere on the Museum’s YouTube Channel on Saturday, August 16 at 10 am. Project Overview Have you ever tried printmaking? It…

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