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Nassau County Museum of Art Presents “Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting”

Highlights Include Works by John James Audubon, Vintage Posters, Photography by Larry Fink, Pop Art Prints, Tiffany Paintings and Objects, and Much More!

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Nassau County Museum of Art is presenting Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting, its first comprehensive exhibition of works from the permanent collection. This presentation highlights patrons’ numerous gifts to the Museum over the last quarter century, many of which have never, or rarely, been exhibited.

Childe Hassam Connecticut Landscape 1903
Childe Hassam Connecticut Landscape 1903
Each gallery space within this multifaceted presentation will focus on different themes such as past and present portraiture, paintings and objects by Louis Comfort Tiffany, post-war prints and vintage posters of many eras. The exhibit explores a diverse range of artists who are strongly represented in the Museum’s collections, among them naturalist John James Audubon, photographer Larry Fink and Pop art icons Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers and Robert Indiana, among others.

Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive in Roslyn Harbor, just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Road. The museum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Docent-led tours of the exhibition are offered at 2 p.m. each day; tours of the mansion are offered each Saturday at 1 p.m.; meet in the lobby, no reservations needed. Tours are free with museum admission. Family tour and art activities are offered Sundays from 1 pm; free with museum admission. Call (516) 484-9338, ext. 12 to inquire about group tours. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62 and above) and $4 for students with ID and children aged 4 to 12. Members and children under 4 are admitted free. The Museum Store is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, days/times and directions or log onto nassaumuseum.org