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Important Update

Current Exhibitions

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 $15
Seniors (60+) $9
Students $9
Members
Educators
Children under 13
Military Families
Third Saturdays
Free
The Museum is closed on the following holidays:
Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day.
Contact us at 203.438.4519 or general@thealdrich.org

Selected Upcoming Events

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March 30, 2023 at 5:30 pm | Member Preview

Members-Only Sculpture Garden Preview

Join Executive Director Cybele Maylone in the Studio for a presentation about the future of The Aldrich’s Sculpture Garden.

April 15, 2023 | Third Weekend, Free Admission

Third Saturdays

Visit the Museum for FREE the third Saturday of every month. Participate in a Story Time at 10:30 am and an all-ages Discovery Tour of our current exhibitions at 1 pm.

April 22, 2023 at 1:00 pm | Member Event

NYC Gallery Walk

Join Aldrich Curatorial and Publications Manager Caitlin Monachino for a walking tour of several New York City galleries.

April 22, 2023 | Group Tours

Prima Materia Tour with Curator Richard Klein

Join us for a curator led tour of Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art. Artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein will give an overview the exhibition, beginning with the “origins” of Earth and covering the transition of alchemy to chemistry, while featuring an in-depth look at the works of various artists.

April 29, 2023 at 6:30 pm | Special Event

Gala in the Garden

Join us in the Museum's Sculpture Garden for Gala in the Garden celebrating The Aldrich's longtime Exhibitions Director Richard Klein and Registrar Mary Kenealy on the occasion of their retirements. The evening will include cocktails and a seated dinner, a special performance, and a live auction.

May 5, 2023 | Public Programs

Aldrich After Hours

Join us for Aldrich After Hours in the galleries and Sculpture Garden to celebrate artist Hangama Amiri and the release of her first museum publication on occasion of her exhibition, Hangama Amiri: An Homage to Home.

May 17, 2023 | Group Tours

Seniors-Only Tour

Join us for this in-person gallery tour of highlighted works from our current exhibitions, guided by Aldrich Educator Holly Lapine, reserved specifically for senior adults ages 60 and above!

May 21, 2023 | Public Programs, The Studio

What We Remember - and Why: A Writing Workshop

Why are some memories "frayed at the edges"? And what can we do to excavate memories we thought were long lost? These are questions we'll consider, inspired by the fabric collages in Amiri Hangami's exhibition A Homage to Home. Join Aldrich Educator Barb Jennes and fellow writers as we plumb the deep well of memory, returning with poetry and prose.

May 29, 2023 | Public Programs, The Studio

Art-Making Workshop: The Inside View

Join Aldrich Educator Alanna Fagan as she leads a workshop on exploring interiors. Use paint and mixed-media to depict a favorite room, or rooms, in your life—from the place where you live now, a childhood home, or a place you enjoy visiting.

June 10, 2023 | Public Programs, The Studio

Art-Making Workshop: Creating with Copper

Join Aldrich Educator Susie Buckley as she guides participants through engraving soft copper sheeting to create a landscape work. Inspired by the artist Matthew Barney's Bayhorse, a five-panel series of landscapes made on copper plating included in the current exhibition Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art.

June 24, 2023 | Exhibition Opening

Private Event: Exhibition Opening | Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers and Amy Brener: Harbingers

Members and friends, please join us to celebrate Amy Brener: Harbingers and get a first look at Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers before it opens to the public.

July 10 at 9:30 am to July 14, 2023 at 4:00 pm | Camp Aldrich

Camp Aldrich: Week 1 (Grades 1-3)

Join us at The Aldrich for a full-day, week-long arts experience with Museum Educators and practicing artists. Campers explore the Museum’s three-acre campus and incorporate the world around them into their art.

July 17 at 9:30 am to July 21, 2023 at 4:00 pm | Camp Aldrich

AT CAPACITY - Camp Aldrich: Week 2 (Grades 1-3)

Join us at The Aldrich for a full-day, week-long arts experience with Museum Educators and practicing artists. Campers explore the Museum’s three-acre campus and incorporate the world around them into their art.

July 24 at 9:30 am to July 28, 2023 at 4:00 pm | Camp Aldrich

Camp Aldrich: Week 3 (Grades 4-6)

Join us at The Aldrich for a full-day, week-long arts experience with Museum Educators and practicing artists. Campers explore the Museum’s three-acre campus and incorporate the world around them into their art.

July 29, 2023 | Artist Program, Public Programs

Prima Materia Panel Conversation with Artists

Join us for a panel conversation on Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art with exhibiting artists Rachel Berwick, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, and Winston Roeth, moderated by the exhibition’s curator Richard Klein.

August 5, 2023 | Public Programs

The Alchemy of Word and Image: An Ekphrastic Workshop

Join Aldrich Educator Barb Jennes to create an alchemy of word and image as we closely inspect several provocative pieces in the current exhibition Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art.

Upcoming Exhibitions

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June 25, 2023 to January 7, 2024 | Project Space, Screening Room, Leir Gallery

Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers

May 17, 2023 to September 3, 2023 | Leir Atrium

Aldrich Projects: Amy Brener: Harbingers

September 15, 2023 to March 3, 2024 | Opatrny Gallery, Sound Gallery

Yvette Mayorga

September 15, 2023 to March 3, 2024 | South Gallery, Balcony Gallery, Main Street Sculpture

Chiffon Thomas

Featured Artwork

Figure of the god Mercury holding a vial of mercury.
Dove Bradshaw, Mercury Mercury, 2018

Dove Bradshaw, Mercury Mercury, 2018

Dove Bradshaw, Mercury Mercury, 2018, Marble, glass, sealing wax, mercury, steel stand, 14 ¼ x 4 x 10 ½ inches; steel stand: 27 x 14 x 14 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
July 18, 2020 to November 29, 2020 | Leir Atrium, The Studio

Rudy Shepherd: Somebody's Child

Rudy Shepherd: Somebody’s Child includes twenty-five watercolors chosen from Shepherd’s ongoing Portrait series Rudy Shepherd: Somebody’s Child is curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Senior Curator.



June 6, 2022 to January 8, 2023 | Lobby, Leir Gallery, Screening Room, Ramp, Project Space, Balcony, South Gallery, Sound Gallery, Opatrny Gallery

52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone

52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone celebrates the fifty-first anniversary of the historic exhibition Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists, curated by Lucy R. Lippard and presented at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in 1971. 52 Artists will showcase work by the artists included in the original 1971 exhibition, alongside a new roster of twenty-six female identifying or nonbinary emerging artists, tracking the evolution of feminist art practices over the past five decades.


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