Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford · founded 1844
The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut. The Wadsworth is noted for its collections of European Baroque art, ancient Egyptian and Classical bronzes, French and American Impressionist paintings, Hudson River School landscapes, modernist masterpieces and contemporary works, as well as collections of early American furniture and decorative arts. Founded in 1842 and opened in 1844, it is the oldest continually operating public art museum in the United States.
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What to see
Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy
Caravaggio, 1594.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Self-Portrait as a Lute Player
Artemisia Gentileschi, 1616.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Saint Serapion
Francisco de Zurbarán, 1628.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Vase with Red Poppies
Vincent van Gogh, 1886.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Dauphin's Entry Into Paris
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1821.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Kaaterskill Falls
Thomas Cole, 1826.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.thewadsworth.org before you travel.
Getting there
25 Atheneum Square.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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