Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
August 16, 2008 by Mary Jo Manzanares
Filed under Art, Museums, Things to See & Do
A couple hour drive west of Boston, nearly to the New York state line in Stockbridge, is the Norman Rockwell Museum.
The site was Rockwell’s home for the last 25 years of his life, and was turned into a museum housing over 700 of his paintings, drawings and studies (the largest collection in the world), along with a huge collection of personal artifacts.
Rockwell is perhaps best known for his 321 Saturday Evening Post covers, with his first in 1916, “Boy with Baby Carriage.” His inspiring “Rosie the Riveter” and “Four Freedoms” series remain lasting visual tributes to World War …read more
