Comments on: The Montclair Art Museum

By: Lin Wang

Lin Wang — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:00:19 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful information. I have always wanted to go to Montclair Art Museum. It seems to be a great day trip for new yorker. And I loooooove Inness. I would definitely go there this month.

Thanks again

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:49:49 +0000

As an employee of the Montclair Art Museum, I am of course especially gratified by your observations. We pride ourselves on just the qualities you mention, especially our intimate setting and personal touch, which we hope enhance visitors’ experiences of our American and Native American collections. I would also point out to readers that we are actually just 17 miles from NYC, with bus and train service nearby. Also plenty of free parking, a real plus in Montclair. For anyone wishing to explore further the artistic life in Montclair, I recommend montclairarts.org.

By: Raechel

Raechel — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:25:22 +0000

This is a wonderful perspective on the Montclair Art Museum. Having visited the museum several times, I second Charley’s appreciation of the small museum. It often hosts blockbuster exhibitions and has a very impressive collections of Native American art, contemporary Americans, and 19th century American works.

If you’re in the area check it out!

By: Annie-Liz

Annie-Liz — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:21:11 +0000

Lovely works with thoughtful comments; a pleasure to view and read.

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:05:25 +0000

I’ll go out of my way just to see one nice painting. A Sargent a Chase and an Eakins, and not too far out of the way. Thanks, I have a nephew who goes to school in Montclair. I think I’ll pay him a visit.

By: oakling

oakling — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:14:51 +0000

That is totally excellent! It reminds me both of the Charles Schulz Museum and Airport (paraphrasing, but it’s something like that and there IS an airport….) in Santa Rosa, and of the way I used to go to local art galleries (sadly we didn’t have any museums) on my own during junior high and high school, just to look at all the cool art. Since they changed all the time, it was ALMOST like having a museum….

By: Ramon

Ramon — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:25:20 +0000

Hi Charlie, wonderful post as always! like Bram, I too have a suggestion for a museum. If you’re ever here in San Diego, take a look at the Timken museum, it’s small, it’s free and it houses works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Larguilliere, Claesz, Eastman Johnson, B.West, Copley, Hals and others, along with a collection of Russian Icons.

http://timkenmuseum.org/

By: Bram

Bram — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:23:51 +0000

If you’re ranging about the northeast, you should try and check out the New Britain Museum of American Art. A new-ish home for the collection, it has a strong emphasis on American illustration.