Meet-Up! The Currier Museum of Art

The Currier Museum of Art  

is an internationally renowned art museum

located in

Manchester, New Hampshire.

The Currier features European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture, including works by Picasso, Monet, O’Keeffe, Wyeth, and Le Witt with exhibitions, tours, and programs year-round.  The museum also offers tours of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Zimmerman House.  The Currier Museum of Art is accredited by the American Association of Museums.

 

 

The Currier brings to its fundamental mission exceptional holdings of art and architecture, primarily American and European.  The museum is dedicated to high standards of exhibition, preservation, research, interpretation and enhancement of this collection.  Cultural and educational programs of high quality and often national significance are offered.

 

The museum, originally known as the Currier Gallery of Art, was founded in 1929 from a bequest of former New Hampshire Governor Moody Currier and his third wife, Hannah Slade Currier.

 

Currier's will provided for the establishment of an art museum, "for the benefit and advancement of humanity." While not an art collector himself, his funding allowed for the purchase of a great deal of art

 This is a great museum in the heart of Manchester NH. They have a wonderful variety of collections and exhibitions that change every couple of months or so. No matter what your taste in art, there's something for you to see. From beautiful glass works to renaissance and modern art. There's even have a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright you can tour. Visit on Saturday and admission is free from 10am to 12 pm. A great way to spend an afternoon and a must visit attraction.
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* Zimmerman House *

 

 

The museum operates tours of the nearby

Zimmerman House

a Usonian house designed by

Frank Lloyd Wright.

 

It is complete with the original furnishings and the owners' fine art collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Zimmerman House is the only Wright-designed house in New England open for public tours, which are offered March–December.

 

 

The Isadore J. and Lucille Zimmerman House was designed in 1950 by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), one of America’s greatest modern architects. Wright designed the house, the interiors, all the furniture, the gardens, and even the mailbox.

 

 

 

 

In 1979, the building was listed in the

National Register of Historic Places.

 

 Dr. and Mrs. Zimmerman left the house to the Currier Museum of Art in 1988. In 1990 it was opened to the public so that visitors could enjoy a private world from the 1950s and 1960s including the Zimmerman’s unique collection of modern art, pottery, and sculpture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the estimation of many it is a total work of art and serves as “the largest outdoor sculpture in the collection.” It is the only Wright home open to the public in New England and one of only several of his Usonian homes open nationwide.