Museum Maps

Download the following maps as you plan your next visit to the Housatonic Museum of Art. Please note that displays and exhibitions are subject to change and may be closed due to deinstallation.

About the Museum Archives

Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA), located on the Housatonic Community College campus in downtown Bridgeport, is proud to announce that it received a $40,824 Inspire! Grant for Small Museums from The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

The grant has allowed HMA to increase access to its collections by inventorying, photographing, and archiving the majority of its paintings collection, roughly 700 objects. Through this funding, the museum is also partnering with CT Collections, Connecticut’s iteration of Collective Access, to launch an online collections database, expanding visitor access beyond the limited number of collection items that are available for viewing during in-person visits.

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The Housatonic Museum of Art would like to thank the following donors

Businesses

Bank of Fairfield
Target, Inc.

Foundations

Greater Bridgeport Rotary
Werth Family Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation

Government

Department of Economic and Community Development
CT Offices of Culture and Tourism
CT Humanities
Institute of Museum and Library Services

IMLS

Exhibitions, Programs and Events

Each year, the Burt Chernow Galleries presents special exhibitions every six to eight weeks as well as annual shows that feature the works of faculty and students. Gallery talks were offered by each exhibiting artist along with special lectures by emerging artists and distinguished arts professionals.

Catalogs and brochures are created for every exhibition to provide insight and context for the viewers.

Directions to Housatonic Community College
& Housatonic Museum of Art (see map below)

The Burt Chernow Galleries are located in Lafayette Hall on the HCC Campus

From Fairfield and points west:

Connecticut Turnpike, I-95 north to Exit 27. Go two blocks to Lafayette Boulevard. Go left onto Lafayette (going under I-95). The parking garage entrance is on your right about 1 1/2 blocks from the underpass.

Merritt Parkway, north to Exit 49S, travel south on Rt. 25 to Exit 1 (Prospect St.). At bottom of exit ramp go left onto Prospect St. Take left onto Lafayette Blvd. Entrance to parking garage is on right, about 1/2 block.

From Milford, Stratford and points east:

Connecticut Turnpike, I-95, south to Exit 27 (Lafayette Blvd.). Use right hand exit ramp to enter Lafayette Blvd. Parking garage is on your right one light from the exit ramp.

From Trumbull, Huntington, Monroe, the Valley, and points north: Route 8-25

From Merritt Parkway Southbound: take Exit 52, south to Rt. 8-25. Go south on Rt. 8-25 to Exit 1. At bottom of exit ramp go left onto Prospect St. Take left onto Lafayette Blvd. Entrance to parking garage is on right, about 1/2 block.

From Rt. 8-25: Go south on Rt. 8-25 to Exit 1. At bottom of exit ramp go left onto Prospect St. Take left onto Lafayette Blvd. Entrance to parking garage is on right, about 1/2 block.

Map to Housatonic Community College

Mission Statement

The Housatonic Museum of Art is committed to the enhancement of cultural life in Bridgeport, Fairfield County and Southern New England through the display, collection, interpretation and preservation of original works of art.

Our Collection

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When the Housatonic Museum of Art Museum first opened in 1967, Burt Chernow, professor of art and art history and founding director, envisioned creating a college art collection of modern and contemporary art that would be accessible to all students, all the time, displayed throughout the campus. In his first year, he collected ninety-seven works by Allan D’Arcangelo, Alex Katz, Henry Pearson, Sylvia Stone, Larry Zox, and Elaine De Kooning, among others. Chernow also began to acquire work from Connecticut artists associated with the Silvermine Guild and the Westport Art Center where he and his wife, Ann Chernow, were both active members.

Today, Housatonic Museum of Art’s permanent collection continues to grow through gifts and donations and now includes the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas as well as renowned contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Jenny Holzer and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, to name a few.

Charlotte Lefland

Collections Manager