22nd Annual CT Open House Day

The Mattatuck Museum invites visitors to enjoy two exciting experiences as part of Connecticut Open House Day. Through Access for All, supported by Art Bridges, admission to the Museum will be free for all guests throughout the day. Visitors can participate in Ask A Curator from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., where guest curator Camilo Alvarez will be available in the galleries to answer questions and engage in conversation about the exhibition Ascendancy: The Self in Contemporary Art. Guests can also explore a lineup of exhibitions on view throughout the Museum, including About Face: 250 Years of American Portraits in the Whittemore & Noonan Galleries. Presented in celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial, the exhibition examines American history through portraiture, exploring how artists across 250 years have represented identity, citizenship, and belonging. Visitors are encouraged to engage with an interactive portrait selfie station and community talk-back wall featured within About Face: 250 Years of American Portraits.

Additional exhibitions opening June 13 include Psychedelic Splendor: The Concert Art of AJ Masthay & Helen Kennedy in the Munger Gallery and Theodate Pope’s Highfield: A History in the History Gallery.