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Featured Event

June 11, 2023 | Group Tours

Exhibition Tour: Elements of Prima Materia

Please join us for a special tour of Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art led by Anna Serotta, Associate Conservator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anna will lead participants through the exhibition’s galleries focusing on a selection of elements represented in the show.

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Events in June 2023 in

June 10, 2023 at 10:00 am | Free Admission

Connecticut Open House Day

Visit the Museum for free as part of Connecticut Open House Day.


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.

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June 11, 2023 | Group Tours

Exhibition Tour: Elements of Prima Materia

Please join us for a special tour of Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art led by Anna Serotta, Associate Conservator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anna will lead participants through the exhibition’s galleries focusing on a selection of elements represented in the show.

General Registration

June 17, 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.

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June 17, 2023 | Third Weekend, Children and Family Programs

Story Time for Kids: Color the Sky

Bring your budding artists to The Aldrich for Story Time, in collaboration with the Ridgefield Library! Together, we will explore themes of color and birds! We will look at artwork called The Shape of Blue by Rachel Berwick and learn about the cobalt-colored indigo bunting. Then, we will move to the Museum’s Studio to create our own blue colored birds!

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June 17, 2023 | Third Weekend, Group Tours

All Ages Discovery Tour

Join us for this in-person gallery tour of The Aldrich’s current exhibitions guided by an Aldrich Educator!

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June 21, 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!

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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.

Events in July 2023 in

July 1, 2023 at 10:00 am | Children and Family Programs

Mommy & Me Multi-Sensory Workshop with Pop Art! Kids

Join Rosie from Pop Art! Kids for an art class quite unlike any other. At this Mommy & Me workshop, you can expect your little artist to freely explore original and age-appropriate themed sensory stations inspired by The Aldrich’s current exhibitions. Through different materials and textures, we will be bringing the exhibits to life with this hands-on experience.

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July 7, 2023 at 5:00 pm | Special Event

Aldrich After Hours

We’re back with another bi-monthly Aldrich After Hours on the first Friday! The galleries will be open late, there will be mini tours of the exhibitions, and wine and beer for sale.

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

AT CAPACITY - 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 15, 2023 at 10:30 am | Children and Family Programs

Story Time for Kids: Pandora

Bring your budding artists to The Aldrich for Story Time, in collaboration with the Ridgefield Library! Together, we will explore how artist Amy Brener uses everyday trinkets and throwaway objects to create body shields and read Pandora by Victoria Turnbull. Then, we will move to the Museum’s Studio to create our very own artworks made with found objects!

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July 15, 2023 at 1:00 pm | Group Tours

All Ages Discovery Tour

Join us for this in-person gallery tour of The Aldrich’s current exhibitions guided by a Museum Educator!

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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 19, 2023 at 1:00 pm | Group Tours

Seniors-Only Tour

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

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July 20, 2023 at 6:30 pm | Public Programs

Oppenheimer Film Screening and Artist Conversation with Bryan McGovern Wilson

Please join artist and director Bryan McGovern Wilson and artist, writer, and curator Richard Klein for a live conversation and film screening of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.


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.

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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.

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Events in August 2023 in

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.

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August 14, 2023 at 3:30 pm | Children and Family Programs

Mommy & Me Multi-Sensory Workshop with Pop Art! Kids

Join Rosie from Pop Art! Kids for an art class quite unlike any other. At this Mommy & Me workshop, you can expect your little artist to freely explore original and age-appropriate themed sensory stations inspired by The Aldrich’s current exhibitions. Through different materials and textures, we will be bringing the exhibits to life with this hands-on experience.

General Registration

August 16, 2023 at 1:00 pm | Group Tours

Seniors-Only Tour

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

General Registration

August 17, 2023 at 5:30 pm | Member Event, Group Tours

Raven Halfmoon Tour with Chief Curator Amy Smith-Stewart

Please join us for an evening tour of Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers led by Chief Curator Amy Smith-Stewart. The tour will cover an overview of the exhibition, highlighting a selection of Halfmoon’s stoneware sculptures from the past five years.

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August 19, 2023 at 10:30 am | Children and Family Programs

Story Time for Kids: Just Because

Bring your budding artists to The Aldrich for Story Time, in collaboration with the Ridgefield Library! Together, we will explore how artist Carlos Vega tells a story through his fantastical and detailed lead painting and read Just Because by Mac Barnett.

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August 19, 2023 at 1:00 pm | Group Tours

All Ages Discovery Tour

Join us for this in-person gallery tour of The Aldrich’s current exhibitions guided by a Museum Educator!

General Registration

Events in September 2023 in

September 23, 2023 | Public Programs

Musical Performance: Transonic Homes

The second live performance installment of the Aldrich Box, a year-long traveling exhibition, is Transonic Homes, a solo musical performance by musician, composer, and collaborator Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache).

The performance will take place outdoors in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden on Saturday, September 23rd at 7pm, weather permitting.

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