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!

Come for a Visit

September 30, 2026

Ellis Island: Arriving

This photographic collaboration between Julia Arstorp and Leland Smith offers visitors to consider the Ellis Island Immigration Hospital not only as a place where people arrived, but also as a place where stories began and still remain.

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20 Nov, 2021 — 5 Jan, 2022

September 9, 2026 — February 19, 2027

Making his Mark in Connecticut: The Creative Process of F. Luis Mora

To commemorate the semiquincentennial of the United States of America, the Housatonic Museum of Art presents the exhibition, "Making his Mark in Connecticut: The Creative Process of F. Luis Mora." The show explores the themes of the America 250 | CT Commission through the lens of the Uruguayan-born artist who settled in Gaylordsville, CT.

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