Sculpture Court

Designed to present new scholarship and showcase the museum’s nationally-known collection of mid to late 19th century sculpture, this exhibition features 20 plaster, marble and bronze sculptures and framed bas-reliefs.  

The Landscape That Defined America:

The Hudson River School

Hudson River School Gallery

In a striking eight-sided gallery with a cove ceiling and skylight, the Albany Institute’s finest Hudson River School paintings are featured.

Traders and Culture: 

Colonial Albany and the Formation of American Identity

Colonial Albany Gallery

This exhibition explores the settlement and growth of Albany as an urban center during the 17th and 18th centuries.  Highlights include Limner portraits, Albany-made silver, branded furniture, ceramics, textiles and manuscript materials with documented family histories.

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt Gallery

Three key concepts, The Nile, Daily Life, and the Afterlife, are explored through objects, text and hands-on activities to give an overview of ancient Egypt. This new gallery features the Albany Institute’s mummies along with loan objects from major national museums.  

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Sense of Place:

18^th and 19^th Century Paintings and Sculpture

Lansing Gallery

This theme-based, salon-style exhibition features an exciting selection of new acquisitions, recently conserved works, works rarely exhibited in the past beside many of the museum’s familiar icons. Themes include literature, history, children, English conversation pieces, French portraiture, Italian views, interiors, landscapes, genre and portraits.