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Housatonic
Museum
of Art

Housatonic
Museum
of Art

The Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA) holds one of the largest art collections of any community college in the United States with almost 7,000 artworks. The focus of the HMA is modern and contemporary American and European art, including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Romare Bearden, Cindy Sherman, and Jenny Holzer. The collection also includes artwork from Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Unlike most campus museums, the HMA displays selections of its collection throughout CT State Housatonic. Visitors also enjoy the special exhibitions and programs offered in the Burt Chernow Galleries. Free and open to the public!

October 30, 2025

My Story, Our Lives: Celebrating Student Art from Bridgeport & Ukraine

Opening October 30, 2025, "My Story, Our Lives" is an exhibit of 50 pieces of art created by students in Bridgeport and their peers in Ukraine as part of Creative Connections’ Global Voices-ArtLink program in 2025.
20 Nov, 2021 —  5 Jan, 2022
September 1, 2025

Poli’s Palace & Majestic Theaters Memories Project

Sylvester Poli’s Palace and Majestic theatres both opened in 1922. Long the center of downtown Bridgeport’s social life, the theatres closed in the 1970s. Jay Misencik and Geralene Valentine have been tracing this history beginning in 1991 through documentary photographs and recorded stories.
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