New Britain Museum of American Art

New Britain Museum of American Art
Chase Family Building
New Britain Museum of American Art
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Established1903
Location56 Lexington Street
New Britain, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States
TypeArt museum
Websitenbmaa.org

The New Britain Museum of American Art is an art museum in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, it is the first museum in the country dedicated to American art.[1]

A total of 72,000 visits were made to the museum in the year ending June 30, 2009, and another 16,000 visits were made to the museum's satellite gallery at TheatreWorks in Hartford, Connecticut.[2]

Walnut Hill Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, is next to the museum.

  1. ^ "New Britain Museum of American Art". Nbmaa.org. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  2. ^ New Britain Museum of American Art Annual Report 2008-2009, published by the New Britain Museum of American Art, p 46