Education

OBJECT OF THE WEEK

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1856

Description:

By the mid 1800s, Frederic Church had become a prominent American landscape painter, and was the youngest artist ever elected to the prestigious National Academy of Design. Here we see Church moving away from the mostly calm, pastoral mood of many early … Learn More

Things to think about: Who painted this? How can you learn more about the artist? Why do you think it is in the museum's collection?

Comments:

Comment by Brenell mayfield | 03/21/2014

Love this place

Comment by Teddi McCarthy | 05/24/2017

Interested in a summer programfor 8yr old girl

Reply by Sarah Clowe

Hello Teddi,

Thank you for your interest in summer programming here at the Albany Institute. Here is a link to the Artful Mornings summer program offerings: http://www.albanyinstitute.org/educationproduct/product/Artful-Mornings-2017.html We hope to see you and your young artists this summer!

Comment by Jennifer Santspree | 02/09/2019

Will you be holding Artful mornings this summer

Reply by Sarah Clowe

Hi Jennifer,

Thank you for your interest in our summer Artful Mornings program! The summer programs will be published March 1st and are expected to run from the weeks of July 9th to August 27th 2019. We hope to see you and your young artists at the museum this summer.

Adult Tours

The museum galleries are temporarily closed until January 27, 2021. Online events such as performances, lectures, art programs, and more are occuring and details can be found at our virtual Museum at Home! Our team is currently in the process of developing virtual gallery tours . Please check back for more information.

The fee for a guided tour of the Albany Institute is $100 for up to ten people. Additional adults are $10 per person. Museum admission is included in this fee. Please contact the Education Department to reserve a guided tour. Tours are led by trained museum docents and are offered during regular museums hours, Wednesdays through Sundays. Guided tours must be booked 1 week in advance. Please allow at least one hour for your tour.

Albany Institute member admission discounts and members of the Empire State Museums Reciprocal Program apply to individual admission only and do not apply to guided tour fees.

Self-guided groups will be charged regular individual admission.

For more information or to schedule a tour:
518-463-4478, ext. 404, waldronv@albanyinstitute.org

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