The Norman Rockwell Museum is an

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, dedicated to the art of

Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of Culture of the United States, the country's culture. Roc ...

. It is home to the world's largest collection of original Rockwell art. The museum also hosts traveling exhibitions pertaining to American illustration.

History

The museum was founded in 1969 in

, where Rockwell lived the last 25 years of his life. Originally located on Main Street in a building known as the Old Corner House, the museum moved to its current location 24 years later, opening to the public on April 3, 1993. The current museum building was designed by 2011 Driheaus Prize winner and New Classical architect

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Collection

In addition to 574 original works of art by Rockwell, the museum also houses the Norman Rockwell Archives, a collection of more than 100,000 items, including photographs, fan mail, and various business documents. In 2014, the

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donated its archives, including process drawings by Rockwell, who was one of its founding faculty members (in 1948), to the museum. 1921-6-4 No Swimming - Norman Rockwell

Works by Rockwell at the museum include: *''Boy with Baby Carriage'', 1916 *''No Swimming'', 1921 *''Girl Reading the Post (1941) - In 1943, Rockwell gifted this painting to Walt Disney whose daughter, Diane Disney Miller, gifted it to The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge in 2000 *''

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'' *''Going and Coming'', 1947 *''Christmas Homecoming'', 1948 *''Day in the Life of a Little Girl'', 1952 *''Girl at Mirror'', 1954 *''Art Critic'', 1955 *''Marriage License'', 1955 *''The Runaway'', 1958 *''Family Tree'', 1959 *''

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'', 1965 *''The Peace Corps (JFK's Bold Legacy)'', 1966 *''Home for Christmas (Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas)'', 1967 The museum also houses the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, a national research institute dedicated to American illustration art.

Awards and grants

In 2008, the museum received the

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from the

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. In 2016, the museum received a grant of $1.5 million from the

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Family Foundation, which will be used by "the museum's digital learning and engagement division to create multimedia experiences."

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External links

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Norman Rockwell Museum
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* {{authority control Art museums and galleries in Massachusetts Rockwell Museums in Stockbridge, Massachusetts Artists' studios in the United States Norman Rockwell National Humanities Medal recipients Art museums established in 1969 1969 establishments in Massachusetts Rockwell, Norman Robert A. M. Stern buildings New Classical architecture

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