The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Skip to main content

Important Update

Timed-entry tickets or reservations required

Current Exhibitions

Two large scale star shaped sculptures installed on the grass in the Museum's Sculpture Garden.
On View

Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey
Overall installation view with gray slipcovered furnishings with surrealist clay objects and a large-scale multi-colored curtain on the back wall.
On View

Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye of a Needle
27 watercolor portraits against white wall
On View

Rudy Shepherd: Somebody's Child
Installation image of gallery with four small black and white drawings on the left wall and one large black and white drawing to the right.
On View

Twenty Twenty

Features

  1. Letterpress pages marked up and hung on a wall in rows.

    ILSSA Ballot for Twenty Twenty

  2. Podcast Series: Hindsight Is

  3. "Getting" Contemporary Art

The New York Times writes that our exhibitions are the kind you expect at a “big-guns urban institution, but [find] at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in leafy suburban Connecticut.” – September 2019

We’re open today from 12 pm to 5 pm
258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877

Hours and Admission

Hours
Date Time
Sunday 12 pm to 5 pm
Monday 12 pm to 5 pm
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 12 pm to 5 pm
Thursday 12 pm to 5 pm
Friday 12 pm to 5 pm
Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Admission
Category Price
Adults $12
Seniors $7
Students $7
Members
Educators
Children under 13
Military Families
Third Saturdays 		Free
Contact us at 203.438.4519 or general@thealdrich.org

Selected Upcoming Events

See all
Letterpress pages marked up and hung on a wall in rows.
October 12, 2020 at 12:00 pm to January 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm | Public Programs

ILSSA Ballot for Twenty Twenty

“The ILSSA Ballot for Twenty Twenty” is a participatory mail art project created by artists Bridget Elmer and Emily Larned in concurrence with the upcoming Twenty Twenty exhibition.

Person in white dress holds a flag with stars on it
October 19, 2020 | Public Programs

Podcast Series: Hindsight is

We are thrilled to present Hindsight is, a three-episode podcast series in the radio play genre to be released weekly starting on Monday, October 19.

Featured Artwork

Watercolor portrait of Jacob Blake
Rudy Shepherd, Jacob Blake, 29 years old shot seven times in the back and paralyzed by Kenosha, WI police while three of his children sat in the backseat of his car, 2020.

Rudy Shepherd, Jacob Blake, 29 years old shot seven times in the back and paralyzed by Kenosha, WI police while three of his children sat in the backseat of his car, 2020.

Since Rudy Shepherd: Somebody's Child opened in July, several instances of excessive or deadly force by the police have been reported, including the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI, who is pictured above on the latest iteration of our commissioned postcard series received by individuals on our mailing list. ⁠ ⁠

Featured Past Exhibitions

Small sculptural objects on shelf in white room
May 20, 2018 to January 13, 2019 | Opatrny Gallery, Sound Gallery, Bridge, South Gallery, Balcony Gallery, Project Space, Screening Room

The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives On Tabletop Art Objects

The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects, is a meta-group exhibition in five chapters—organized by five curators, including more than seventy artists.

Works by artist William Powhida rest against gallery walls
March 5, 2017 to September 4, 2017 | Opatrny Gallery, Sound Gallery

William Powhida: After the Contemporary

For more than a decade Powhida’s work has provided a satirical, political, and sometimes despairing window into his own experience of New York’s contemporary art market.

From Our Instagram

Follow Us
From Instagram
From Instagram
From Instagram
From Instagram