Rockwell Museum
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Not to be confused with Norman Rockwell Museum.
The Rockwell Museum is a Smithsonian Affiliate museum of American art located in the Southern Tier region of New York in downtown Corning, New York. Frommer's describes it as "one of the best-designed small museums in the Northeast." In 2015, The Rockwell Museum was named a Smithsonian Affiliate, the first in New York State outside of New York City.[1]
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Established | 1976 |
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Location | Corning, New York, USA |
Coordinates | 42.14278°N 77.05290°W / 42.14278; -77.05290 |
Type | Art museum |
Accreditation | American Association of Museums, Smithsonian Affiliate |
Key holdings | Albert Bierstadt's Mount Whitney |
Collections | American art, Native American art |
Collection size | Roughly 5,000+ |
Visitors | Approximately 48,000 per year |
Founder | Bob and Hertha Rockwell |
Director | Brian Lee Whisenhunt |
Nearest parking | On site, behind building (no charge to park) |
Website | rockwellmuseum |
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