Featuring the original artwork of Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Museum houses the most significant public collection of Norman Rockwell's work in the world. The Museum's holdings include original artwork, and the artist's studio and its related collection, including personal memorabilia, supplies, and reference materials.

The Norman Rockwell Art Collection Trust

The Norman Rockwell Art Collection Trust forms the heart of the Museum's collections. In 1973, Rockwell bequeathed his personal collection in trust to the Museum so that the works could be exhibited, preserved, and used for the "advancement of art appreciation and art education." This 367-work collection includes such large-scale oil paintings as Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas, Triple Self-Portrait, The Four Freedoms, Girl at Mirror, and The Marriage License, and preliminary sketches and studies in pencil, charcoal, watercolor, and oil.

In 1976, Rockwell added his studio and its contents to the Trust collection. From this later bequest, the Studio Collection and the Norman Rockwell Archives were formed.

The Norman Rockwell Museum Collection

Since 1974, the Museum has acquired original Rockwell artwork through gifts and purchases and from bequests. This collection includes such well-known paintings as The Problem We All Live With, Murder in Mississippi, The Art Critic and Aunt Ella Takes a Trip.

Norman Rockwell's Studio

Rockwell's Stockbridge studio and its contents include the artist's materials and equipment; his personal art library of approximately 500 volumes; furnishings; decorative objects; ethnographic objects collected on his travels; mementos; hundreds of prints; and artwork sent by fans and admirers.

Museum Reference Center

The Museum Reference Center holds the Museum's collections of library and archival material, including the Norman Rockwell Archives.

The Norman Rockwell Archives, containing more than 100,000 items, is composed primarily of business correspondence, fan mail, and reference material. Of particular note is the Rockwell collection of several thousand black-and-white photographs of models and scenes used by the illustrator in the development of his work. Formal and candid photographs have been donated to the archives, providing additional insight into the artist's life.

This collection also includes magazines, books, tear sheets, limited-edition and other prints, and examples of the uses of Rockwell's illustrations, as well as an assortment of costumes and props used by the artist.

Due to an extensive collections management project presently underway, access to the museum’s archival collections is currently restricted. For further information please call Linda Pero at 413-298-4100 ext. 212.

The Museum Library is open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. (from 1 to 4 p.m. during winter).