Exterior, June 2022
Photo: Yoon S. Byun
Gallery view, Fall 2024
Photo: Kathy Tarantola
Reggie Burrows Hodges
Artist in Residence, Fall 2023
Photo: Neil Evans
Elementary School Visit, June 2022
Photo: Jessie Wallner
Gallery View, Spring 2022
Photo: Yoon S. Byun
Today's Hours: 10am – 5pm

The Addison Gallery, located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, is free and open to the public. Plan your visit >

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Feb. 5, 2025 to
Jul. 31, 2025

Our Mission

Home to a world-class collection of American art, the Addison Gallery, located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, presents an adventurous exhibition program, hosts a vital artist-in-residence program, and works collaboratively with students and faculty at the Academy and in neighboring communities. Through our ongoing query What is America?, the Addison seeks to engage with the history of American art and American experience—past, present, and future.

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About Our Collection

28,000 objects spanning the 18th century to the present

Comprised of more than 28,000 works in all media—painting, sculpture, photography, drawings, prints, and decorative arts—from the 18th century to the present, the Addison Gallery’s collection of American art is one of the most important in the world.

The museum’s founding collection included major works by such prominent American artists as John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, John Singer Sargent, John Twachtman, and James McNeill Whistler.

In the nine decades since, aggressive purchasing and generous gifts have added works by such artists as Mark Bradford, Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Marsden Hartley, Hans Hofmann, Edward Hopper, Kerry James Marshall, Eadweard Muybridge, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Charles Sheeler, Lorna Simpson, John Sloan, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Frank Stella, Kara Walker, and Stanley Whitney.

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1897
Thomas Eakins (1844–1916)
Oil on canvas

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Unsurprisingly, the Addison will close a bit early today (2/6) at 3:00 PM due to the inclement weather. ⁣
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Harry Callahan. Weeds in Snow, Detroit, 1943. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the Stephen C. Sherrill Collection of American Art Foundation, 2024.122.6.1⁣
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#harrycallahan #addisongalleryofamericanart

Unsurprisingly, the Addison will close a bit early today (2/6) at 3:00 PM due to the inclement weather. ⁣

Harry Callahan. Weeds in Snow, Detroit, 1943. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the Stephen C. Sherrill Collection of American Art Foundation, 2024.122.6.1⁣

#harrycallahan #addisongalleryofamericanart
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Virtual program announcement! Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, January 14th at 3:00 Eastern for “Caring for Native American Collections.”⁣
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In conjunction with the Addison Gallery of American Art’s presentation of Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School, join Marla Taylor, Curator of Collections, and Ryan Wheeler, Director, from Phillips Academy’s Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology (@peabodyandover ) on Zoom for a free virtual conversation on a museum’s role and responsibilities in stewarding Native American cultural material. The Peabody Institute has lent several works from their vast collection to the Addison’s installation. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library. Registration is required. Click the link in our bio for more information and to register!⁣
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Photograph of Marla Taylor and Ryan Wheeler by Henry Marte (@martemedia)
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#addisongalleryofamericanart

Virtual program announcement! Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, January 14th at 3:00 Eastern for “Caring for Native American Collections.”⁣

In conjunction with the Addison Gallery of American Art’s presentation of Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School, join Marla Taylor, Curator of Collections, and Ryan Wheeler, Director, from Phillips Academy’s Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology (@peabodyandover ) on Zoom for a free virtual conversation on a museum’s role and responsibilities in stewarding Native American cultural material. The Peabody Institute has lent several works from their vast collection to the Addison’s installation. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library. Registration is required. Click the link in our bio for more information and to register!⁣

Photograph of Marla Taylor and Ryan Wheeler by Henry Marte (@martemedia)

#addisongalleryofamericanart
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Join us for an artmaking workshop for teens by teens. Inspired by contemporary Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick’s abstracted landscapes, experiment with your own perspective on place through paint.
 
Open to high school students of all levels, no art experience necessary. This workshop is free, but space is limited and registration is required: https://bit.ly/addison11225 (link in bio).

Join us for an artmaking workshop for teens by teens. Inspired by contemporary Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick’s abstracted landscapes, experiment with your own perspective on place through paint.

Open to high school students of all levels, no art experience necessary. This workshop is free, but space is limited and registration is required: https://bit.ly/addison11225 (link in bio).
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Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate! ⁣
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Lucien Aigner (1901-1999). Santa Enters the City, Float, Macy Parade, c. 1940. Gelatin silver print. Purchased as the gift of Katherine D. and Stephen C. Sherrill (PA 1971, and P 2005, 2007, 2010), 2015.11.82⁣
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#lucienaigner #addisongalleryofamericanart

Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate! ⁣

Lucien Aigner (1901-1999). Santa Enters the City, Float, Macy Parade, c. 1940. Gelatin silver print. Purchased as the gift of Katherine D. and Stephen C. Sherrill (PA 1971, and P 2005, 2007, 2010), 2015.11.82⁣

#lucienaigner #addisongalleryofamericanart
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There are plenty of great organizations to support this Giving Tuesday, and we hope you make the Addison Gallery of American Art one of them!⁣
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A contribution of any size goes far at the Addison. Plus, your generosity will directly and immediately benefit our work with students. So, what’s your reason to give today?⁣
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“I support the Addison because its treasured collection enriches the lives of hundreds of students and faculty every year. It serves as a beacon—reflecting Andover’s unique and powerful light—to both the local community and the world.”⁣
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—Andrew Z. Scharf ’02⁣
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P.S. A $100 donation will have a meaningful impact at the Addison. And in return, you’ll receive FREE admission and discounts to more than 1,000 museums through the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association.⁣
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Click the link in our bio and THANK YOU from all of us at the Addison! ⁣
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#addisongalleryofamericanart

There are plenty of great organizations to support this Giving Tuesday, and we hope you make the Addison Gallery of American Art one of them!⁣

A contribution of any size goes far at the Addison. Plus, your generosity will directly and immediately benefit our work with students. So, what’s your reason to give today?⁣

“I support the Addison because its treasured collection enriches the lives of hundreds of students and faculty every year. It serves as a beacon—reflecting Andover’s unique and powerful light—to both the local community and the world.”⁣

—Andrew Z. Scharf ’02⁣

P.S. A $100 donation will have a meaningful impact at the Addison. And in return, you’ll receive FREE admission and discounts to more than 1,000 museums through the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association.⁣

Click the link in our bio and THANK YOU from all of us at the Addison! ⁣

#addisongalleryofamericanart
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Please join the Addison and Andover’s Memorial Hall Library tomorrow (Tuesday, December 3rd) at 3:00 for a FREE virtual talk with curator Debra Bricker Balken (@dbbalken) about our current major exhibition Americans in Paris: Artists in Postwar France, 1946-1962! ⁣
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Registration is required—just click the link in our bio. We’ll see you—virtually—tomorrow afternoon!⁣
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Installation photograph by @juliafeatherphoto. ⁣
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#americansinparis

Please join the Addison and Andover’s Memorial Hall Library tomorrow (Tuesday, December 3rd) at 3:00 for a FREE virtual talk with curator Debra Bricker Balken (@dbbalken) about our current major exhibition Americans in Paris: Artists in Postwar France, 1946-1962! ⁣

Registration is required—just click the link in our bio. We’ll see you—virtually—tomorrow afternoon!⁣

Installation photograph by @juliafeatherphoto. ⁣

#americansinparis
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Are you taking the lyrics of “Defying Gravity” and really holding space with that and feeling power in that? ⁣
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Today, the Addison is proud to announce that we have NOT been asked by Universal Studios to promote their major motion picture, Wicked. They appear to have engaged every single corporation/nonprofit organization/fast casual dining chain/arms manufacturer/lemonade stand/fast fashion cartel/vegan co-op out there…just NOT the Addison—I guess we’re green with envy…⁣
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Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904). Plate 464. Two Models with Broom from Animal Locomotion, 1885. Collotype on paper. Gift of the Edwin J. Beinecke Trust, 1984.6.518⁣
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#wicked #notsponsored #eadweardmuybridge #animallocomotion #addisongalleryofamericanart

Are you taking the lyrics of “Defying Gravity” and really holding space with that and feeling power in that? ⁣

Today, the Addison is proud to announce that we have NOT been asked by Universal Studios to promote their major motion picture, Wicked. They appear to have engaged every single corporation/nonprofit organization/fast casual dining chain/arms manufacturer/lemonade stand/fast fashion cartel/vegan co-op out there…just NOT the Addison—I guess we’re green with envy…⁣

Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904). Plate 464. Two Models with Broom from Animal Locomotion, 1885. Collotype on paper. Gift of the Edwin J. Beinecke Trust, 1984.6.518⁣

#wicked #notsponsored #eadweardmuybridge #animallocomotion #addisongalleryofamericanart
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Addison Stories

holiday hours

The museum will be closed:

Tuesday, December 24, Wednesday, December 25, and Wednesday, January 1.

We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!

Image: Louis Stettner, Car in Winter, Seventh Avenue, N.Y.C., 1956. Gelatin silver print, 18 x 12 inches. Gift of Harry Shapiro, 1984.158.7

The Addison Gallery will close at 3:00 pm today
Tuesday, February 6

due to weather conditions. Stay safe everyone!

Gene Pyle, Untitled (Snow Scene with Tricycle), 1968, gelatin silver print,
museum purchase, 1968.53
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Bartlett H. Hayes Prize Recipients

2023:

Reggie Burrows Hodges

Exhibition | Residency | Publication | Acquisition

2025:

Tommy Kha

Exhibition | Residency | Publication | Acquisition